by LIZA MITCHELL
STAFF WRITER
Jacksonville Beach officials
will hold a workshop March 22
to review the city's compliance
with the state's Sunshine Law
and determine how much
information is available for
public consumption.
Mayor Fland Sharp Monday
said the workshop will focus on
the city's accordance with the
Sunshine Law, which requires
municipalities conduct all of its
business in the public light.
The workshop will also
address the city's legal respon-
sibility regarding communica-
tion between and among the
elected officials and what infor-
mation needs to be made pub-
lic.
Wendell Finner, an attorney
and member of the community
watch group Beaches Watch,
said he was "heartened" to
learn that the city planned to
discuss the matters in an infor-
mal public forum.
"The Sunshine Law has a
very broad and inclusive defi-
nition of public records and
what that generally means is
that any piece of paper or elec-
tronic communication, tape
recording, anything that cross-
es the desk is a public record,"
Finner said.
"Particularly when you are
talking about matters that are
in litigation or administrative
proceedings in Tallahassee,
anything that enters the city of
Jacksonville Beach in an offi-
cial capacity is a public record.
"It should be maintained
here for the citizens and you do
a disservice to the citizens of
this city when you say that is a
record in Duval County, go
across the ditch. If it comes
into the city, it's city property
and the property of all of us."
See RECORDS, A-3

Human

feces in

park area

prompt call

for police

by LIZA MIkTCHELL
STAFF ItRITER
Police patrols are stepping up
at a Jacksonville Beach park in
response to numerous com-
plaints of human feces found
in the area.
An administrator at the city's
Parks and Recreation building
in the 300 block of Penman
Road called police Feb. 28 to
request additional police pres-
ence at Tall Pines Park on
Ninth Avenue North west of
Penman Road out of concerns
of human safety.
Police responded to another
complaint March 1 at the Parks
and Recreation building,
prompting staffers to believe
the police flushed the suspects
out of the park and across the
street with their presence.
The city's annual Easter Egg
hunt will be held at Tall Pines
Park later this month.
Registration is now open.
No complaints were reported
at any other parks. The cost of
the cleanup was $50.

Walmart looking

at NB store site

Photo by UZAMITCHELL
Phyllis Leak of Ponte Vedra Beach admires an exhibit of Beaches artifacts Tuesday at the grand
opening of the new Beaches Area Historical Society Museum and Archives. The new 12,000-
square-foot facility features historic photographs, a gift shop and a boardwalk tour of the evolution
of the Beaches communities from Palm Valley to Mayport.

Retired Navy master chief will

likely spend rest of his life

in prison for killing neighbor

by JOHNNY WOODHOUSE
ASSOCL4TE EDITOR
Retired Navy master chief Donald. L. Hill of
Atlantic Beach will likely serve the rest of his life
in prison for the brutal murder of his next-door
neighbor.
Hill, 60, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in
prison for gunning down Della Railey on
Thursday, Jan, 5, in the driveway of her Cypress
Cove home.
Railey, 59, was on her way to work when Hill
shot her 11 times over a gardening dispute.
Hill pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. He
showed remorse during a sentencing hearing
Friday at the Duval County Court House.
"I really regret my actions that day," said a sob-
bing Hill, dressed in a green jail jumpsuit.
"There's nothing I can do to take it back. It was
bad judgment. I hope her family can find some
peace."
Hill slumped his shoulders and bowed his head
when Railev's sister, Eileen Tucker of Pensacola,
read a statement from the witness stand.
"I never thought I'd live my retirement years
without my sister," said Tucker, her voice crack-
ing.
"She was my confidant. The week she died, she
talked about her own retirement. She had roots in
her neighborhood. She felt safe. I want him [Hill]
to remember what he did to my sister for the rest
of his waking days."
Assistant State Attorney Jeremy Lasnetksi said
Hill killed Railey "without any control or mercy,"
and "repeatedly shot her and chased her around
her vehicle, precluding any chance of escape."
Lasnetksi added that the case was "extremely
unique" in the sense that "from the frantic last
shot he fired, [Hill] has taken full responsibility for
his actions."
Hill entered a plea Feb. 9 to negotiate his sen-
tence. Lasnetksi said the state waived a first-
degree murder charge and did not seek a manda-

Htory life sentence.
Prior to sentencing, Hill's pri-
vate attorney, A. Russell Smith,
asked Circuit Judge Hugh A.
Carithers Jr. for a sentence of 25
years to life.
He also told the court that Hill
had requested that proceeds from
the sale of his Atlantic Beach res-
idence be placed in a scholarship
Hill fund for the victim's grandchil-
dren.
"I'm asking the court to distinguish between
types of people that come before you," said Smith,
"bad people and otherwise decent people who do
a bad thing."
"Mr. Hill is a decent person who did a horrible
thing. Before this incident, his record was clean.
He had nothing more than a speeding ticket. He
had a distinguished Navy career with two tours of
duty in Vietnam."
Smith said Hill suffers from heart problems and
"uncontrolled" diabetes, and "in all likelihood,
will spend the rest of his life in prison."
Before issuing Hill's sentence, Carithers said,
"No matter what I impose, it will be a life sen-
tence," based on the defendant's medical condi-
tion.
"In my 13 years on the bench, this is one of the
most heart-breaking cases I've ever seen. There is
no rational way to explain it."
Carithers recommended that Hill serve his time
in a geriatric prison hospital, but left that up to
the discretion of the Department of Corrections.
Lasnetksi, who asked for a 40-year sentence,
said that in other murder trials he has prosecuted,
defendants rarely show remorse or take responsi-
bility for their crimes.
"What he did was senseless," said Lasnetksi
about HW, a Navy veteran of 30 years. "But he
took his punishment very militaristically."

JB tree law will permit more trees to be axed

by LIZA MITCHELL
ST.AF It'RITER
An ordinance established to
protect certain species of trees
in Jacksonville Beach is.
branching out to allow the
removal of nuisance trees with
the required permit.
The Planning Commission
Monday gave preliminary
approval to a Land
Development Code amend-
ment that if approved by the
City Council would exempt a'
number of trees from the pro-
tected tree ordinance.
"This is not relieving the

permit requirement. If you take
a protected tree down with a
permit you still have a certain
mitigation requirement,"
Senior Planner Bill Mann said.
If you take down a 24-inch
oak tree it has to be mitigated.
With a 24-inch tree you have
to provide eight inches of mit-
igation.
Mitigation requirements can
be satisfied with a number of
different combinations. A 24-
inch tree could be replaced
with four two-inch trees, two
four-inch trees or an eight-inch
tree if you want to pay an arm
and a leg for it, Mann said.

Under the proposal, a resi-
dent would still be required to
obtain a permit for tree
removal even if the tree is
among those that are not pro-
tected.
The current ordinance only
allows the removal of pine
trees and palm trees. However,
palms planted as part of the
required trees in a landscape
plan are considered protected.
"This is not opening up the
door for people to crank their
chain saws up. You still have to
get a permit," Mann said.
"Code enforcement is still alive
and well."

by JEFFREY MINTON
STAFF WRITER
Representatives of Wal-Mart
recently have had talks with:
the city of Neptune Beach
about locating one of the
mega-chain retailer's stores in a
strip mall along Atlantic
Boulevard, formerly home to
Food Lion and Big Lots, accord-
ing to city officials Tuesday.
Neptune Beach Mayor Dick
Brown in a telephone inter-
view said "engineer types" rep-
resenting Wal-Mart have
approached the city requesting
information on setback and
other zoning requirements for
the commercial property locat-
ed in the 600 block of Atlantic
Boulevard.
.Also, Brown said he recently
has been contacted by
Jacksonville attorney Karl
Sanders who in the past has
done work on behalf of Wal-
Mart locally. Brown said
Sanders has left him messages
about wanting to discuss a
potential project in Neptune
Beach but that he had not yet
been able to speak with him.
Sanders could not be reached
for comment.
Neptune Beach Community
Development Director Jason
Cleghorn confirmed Tuesday
that he has had "very, very pre-
li mi nariijett'ings"' wit h ..repre-
sentatives from Wal-Mart
about constructing a store at
the shopping complex.
A Food Lion at that location

closed in August followed by
the closing of an adjacent Big
Lots earlier this year.
Cleghom said the 14.6 acre
parcel would be able to accom-
modate a Wal-Mart. He said
the city's land use and zoning
for the parcel is "compatible"
for a Wal-Mart and would not
require any rezoning.
The parcel, owned by
Lakeshore Village, is zoned for
"heavy industrial uses," he
said.
It has long been rumored
that Publix Grocery was inter-
ested in the parcel as a possible
location for a new store.
Brown was asked about the
rumored Publix at that loca-
tion while speaking at a meet-
ing of the Oceanside Rotary
Club Tuesday morning and
said that the latest rumor was
that Wal-Mart was interested in
the parcel.
Brown in the telephone
interview said he for a long
time had heard that a PublLx
and Barnes & Noble book store
was moving to the parcel.
"And then all of a sudden
you hear about this Wal-Mart.
It caught us by surprise,"
Brown said.
"I think a lot is still up in the
air."
Wal-Mart is the .world's
largest retailer, employing,1_.6
million through more than
6,200 stores worldwide,
according to the company's
web site.

Discovery Montessori School in Jacksonville Beach support
the Dignity U Wear drive to collect brand new underwear
for children in need. Pictured here from left are students
Aria Schottelkotte, 4, and Emily Lemasters, 5, with
Discovery's heaping collection of undies for donation.

Welcome sign up for review

FROM STAFF
Atlantic" Beach .City
Commissioner Dezmond Waters
attended Monday's Neptune
Beach City Council meeting to
gauge whether the councilors
are interested in a joint welcome
sign for the cities estimated to
cost $78,000.

The cost of the sign would be
split between the two neighbor-
ing cities. Elected officials in
Atlantic Beach have said they
are interested, but some in
Neptune Beach have said the
cost is too high.
The Council agreed to discuss
the issue at a future workshop.

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Birds and breakfast
A Birds, Botany and
Breakfast nature hike through
the Guana reserve will start at
8:30 a.m. Saturday at the trail-
head near the Guana River
dam, off State Road A1A.
Guests are encouraged to
bring binoculars to learn about
different birds and their calls,
as well as various plants found
in the reserve.
The two-hour hike will be
followed by coffee and break-
fast.
For more information call
(9041-823-4500.
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"Operation: Stiletto" and

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Preventing ID theft

topic of free program

FROM STAFF
Glenn Ullmann, president
of Ullmann Financial Group
based in Ponte Vedra, will
present a free seminar on
identity theft and how to pre-
vent it at 10 a.m. Thursday,
April 6 in Ponte Vedra.
The one-hour seminar will

be held at the Ponte Vedra
Beach Branch Library. The
public is invited.
Ullmann recently published
a guide, "Safeguarding Your
Identity In-Flight Manual."
For information on the
seminar, call the library at
273-0495.

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will present a workshop at 10
a.m Saturday, March 25, at the
Ponte Vedra Beach Branch
Library. '
Ridgell's presentation, /"If
you Can Drive Yourself to
Success, Why Am I Still
Walking?" will be given at a
meeting of the Florida Writer's
Association.
Her third book "Fractured
Souls" is scheduled to be
released nationwide in June.
President of First Coast
Romance Writers in
Jacksonville and other writer
organization, Ridgell speaks
Iiatiobnllv arid leads profes-
: lonal-w6rkshops on-topics rel-'
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POLICE BEAT

S .'ATLANTIC BEACH
A simple battery was reported
Feb. 18 in the 700 block of
Cavalla Road.
A car stereo valued at $200
was reported stolen from a busi-
ness Feb. 28 in the 1000 block of
Atlantic Boulevard. .
A burglary to a residence was
reported Feb. 23 in the 90 block
of West 11th Street.

A simple assault was reported
Feb. 26 in the 400 block of West
First Street.
Benita Ilene Teague, 39, of
Atlantic Beach was arrested and
charged with possession of a
controlled substance Feb. 27 in
the 900 block of Plaza, accord-
ing to a police report.

Anton Steven Vanlandigham,
19. of Atlantic Beach was arrest-
ed and charged with burglary
Feb. 27 in the 1100 block of
SViolet Street, according to a
police report.

Someone reported that a
small homemade-style bomb
exploded in front of a residen-
tial property Feb. 19 in the 1200
block of Beach Avenue. Police
when they arrived found the
remains of a plastic soft drink
bottle which is often used to
make "coke bottle bombs" by
youths. There were no injuries
in the incident.

The registration decal to a
vehicle was reported stolen Feb.
28 in the 700 block of
Amberjack Lane.
A burglary to a residence was
reported Feb. 28 in the 2100
block of Fairway Villas South.
** *
Lindsey Samantha Ellerbe, 18,
of Neptune Beach was arrested
and charged with possession of
the prescription drug Xanax
NMarch 1 in the 13000 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according to
a police report.

A vehicle was reported bur-
glarized March 1 in the 300
block of Magnolia Street.

A burglar)' to a storage unit
was reported March 1 in the.90Q
block of Levy Road.

Rodney J. Hill, 31, of Atlantic
Beach was arrested and charged
with possession of a controlled
substance March 3 in the 100
block of Ardella Road, according
to a police report.
*'
Robert V. Dykes, 45, was
arrested and charged with pos-
session of crack cocaine March 4
in the 2200 block of ,Mayport
Road, according to 'a police
report.

NEPTUNE BEACH
A wallet was reported stolen
fom a business March 6 in the
1500 block of Atlantic'
Boulevard.

Brian Eric Widener, 19, of
Jacksonville Beach was arrested
and charged with possession of
a controlled substance March 6
in the 1500 block of Atlantic
Boulevard, according to a police
report.
,'
Larissa Ann Rolfes, 24, of
Neptune Beach was arrested and
charged with possession of a
controlled substance March 5 in
the 500 block of Florida
SBoulevard, according to a police
: report.

A golf cart valued at $1,000
was reported stolen from an
apartment complex March 3 in
the 1100 block of Seagate
Avenue.

Demo of

pastel

painting

offered at

PV library

FROM STAFF
A demonstration of pastel
painting is scheduled 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 16, at the
Ponte Vedra Beach Branch
Library'.
Richard Lundgren, an inter-
nationally known artist whose
work has won major competi-
tions, will give the demonstra-
tion as part of the Adventure in
Art series sponsored by Friends
of the Library, Ponte Vedra
Beach, and FOCUS Cumnmer.
For information call Jan
Bialka at 285-1114

A simple battery was reported
March 5 in the 100 block of
Florida Boulevard.

Christy Elaine Jordan, 22, of
Jacksonville was. arrested and
charged with grand theft pick:
pocketing and unauthorized
possession of a driver's license
March 5 in the 200 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according to"
a police report.
*

PONTE VEDRA BEACH
The owner of a vehicle parked
in the recreation area of Fairfield
Apartments reported criminal
mischief resulting in $250 dam-
age to the vehicle's window on
March 5. According to the
police report, the incident
occurred between March 2 and
March 3. It was noted in the
report that approximately two
weeks ago the owner reported
that graffiti had been painted on
the front passenger door of the
vehicle.
St. Johns County Sheriff's
Office was contacted by' an
apartment complex manager dn
March 3 about a vehicle aban-
doned for a month in a parking
lot in the 600 block of Ponte
Vedra Lakes Blvd. The vehicle
had been reported stolen from
Atlantic Beach on Oct. 2, 2005.
The owner of the vehicle was
contacted by SJSO.
.
Burglary to a vehicle parked
in the 200 block of Sea Coast
Lane was reported by the owner
on March 3. According to the
police report, there was no sign
of forced entry to the vehicle. A
driver's license, ID card, credit
cards, and a game were missing
from the vehicle.
According to the police
report, the deputy" found evi-
dence of burglary to a second
vehicle parked in the 200 block
of Sea Coast Lane while investi-
gating the first burglary. The
owners of the second vehicle
declined to file a report.
*
St. Johns County Sheriff's
Office responded to the report
of a child in diapers found near
the dumpsters in the 500 block
of Galvez Lane on March 5.
According to the police
report, fire and rescue services
were on the scene and the child
was in good condition. The
deputy wA _.9d by tjl other
.that she woke o find.the chVild!
gone. The information was for-
- warded to'DCF.

David Thomas Reid, 27 of
Jacksonville, was charged with
tampering and depriving one of
a 911 call, simple battery, and
criminal mischief following an
incident in Ponte Vedra on
March 5.
-*
JACKSONVILLE BEACH
Residential burglary was
,.reported March 6 in the 100
block of 14th Ave. S. Fishing
equipment valued at $300 was
stolen from inside the victim's
front door after he fell asleep
with the door unlocked.

Criminal mischief was report-
ed March 7 at a used car dealer-
ship in the 1100 block of Beach
Boulevard. The windshields of
five vehicles in the front of the
business were smashed and two
cars in the rear area also sus-
tained damage. A witness told
.police she was awakened by
noise and observed a suspicious
person behind the dealership.
.She yelled out to the suspect
.-who fled the area in an
unknown direction.

A picnic table at the pier was
reported damaged March 4 in
the 500 block of 1st St. N. An
unknown object was used to
beat the legs of the table until

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they snapped. off. Cost to
replacethe table is $70.

-Dave Alan Brown, 44, of'
Atlantic Beach was arrested
March 2 and charged with pos-.
s. session and sale of a controlled.
substance in the 1400 block of
Atlantic Boulevard during a.
sting-operation, according to a
police report.
Harry P. Morgan, 21, of
Jacksonville was arrested March
2 and charged with possession
and sale of a controlled sub-
stance and possession of crack
cocaine in the 1400 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according to
a police report.

Yolanda Shance Dawson, 31,
of Jacksonville was arrested
March 2 and charged with pos-
session and sale of a controlled
substance, felony possession of
a controlled substance while in
physical control of a motor
vehicle and possession of crack
cocaine during a sting operation
in the 1400 block of Atlantic
Boulevard, according to a police
report.

Timmy Bernard Dawson,. 34,
of Jacksonville was arrested
March 2 and charged with pos-
session and sale of a controlled
substance in the 1400 block of
Atlantic Boulevard, according to
a police report.

Ralph James Jr., 31, of
Jacksonville was arrested March
2 and charged with possession
and sale -of a controlled sub-
stance, felony possession of a
controlled substance while in
physical control of a motor
vehicle and possession of crack
cocaine during a sting operation
in the 1400 block of Atlantic
Boulevard, according to a police
report.

Aggravated assault involving
a knife was reported March 2 in
the pier parking lot in the 500
block of 1st St. N. An 18-year-
old Jacksonville man told police
he was approached by two
unknown men at 5:30 p.m. who
asked-for bus fare. The first sus-
pect described as 6'0" with long
brown hair, wearing a white t-
shirt and leans advanced toward
him with a folding knife. The
victim punched the suspect in
the mouth to defend himself.
The suspect made jabbing
tmotjo)., with the knife. tow rd'-
the.tctim's'. face but fled the
area when he heard police
sirens. The second suspect was
involved in an altercation with a
22-year-old witness who told
the suspect not to approach him
because he had just left the mil-
itary and would not hesitate to
fight back. The second suspect
described as 5'9" with' short
brown hair and a ball cap also
had a folding knife visible in his
front pocket. He fled when he
heard police.

A black 1988 Chevrolet pick-
up truck valued at $2,000 was
reported stolen March 3 in the
400 block of 2nd St. S.

Burglary to a residence was
reported March 4 in the first
block of Oakwood Road. A wit-
ness told police she observed a
suspicious person sitting on the
rear steps of her neighbor's'
house eating ice cream. When
she asked him what he was
doing, the suspect told her he
was doing some work for the 95-
year-old homeowner. The
owner of the, home told police
that the man known as "John"
had, done work in the past but
she had turned him away sever-
al times and said he had no
right to be on her property. An
investigation of the property
revealed a sliding glass door was
pried open and ice cream was
missing from the freezer.

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Count. from A-1
SevPral Beaches Watch
members have recently com-
plained that city officials were
playing. a "shell game" with
documents that are consid-
ered public information.
Dean 'Thompson has made
numerous requests with the
City Clerk's office for docu-
ments pertaining to the ongo-
ing Home Depot litigation but
was denied access because the
case was still pending.
Thompson in a Feb. 17 let-
ter to City Manager George
Forbes said two written:
requests for the Home Depot,
documents submitted since
Aug. 15 have not yet been
met.
On Aug. 17, 2005, he said
he was told by the City Clerk's
office .that the documents
were not available because
they deal with litigation. The
following day City Clerk Heidi
Reagan said she did receive
court documents that she for-
warded to the city attorney
without keeping a copy.
Thompson said Reagan told
him on Sept. 6 that city attor-
ney Steve' Stratford deemed
the documents.unavailable for
public inspection because
they deal with city litigation.
On Feb. 10, Reagan and
Stratford conceded that the
documents were public infor-
mation but they were not
available at City Hall because
no copy was logged at the City
Clerk's office and the city
attorney passed them over to
the insurance company that is
handling the city's defense.
Thompson said he was
instructed to go downtown to
inspect the documents at the
Duval County Courthouse.
"Trust and confidence in the
city administration and city
attorney is being eroded by
lack of transparency and effort
to comply," he said in the let-
ter to Forbes.
"The actions of the city are
causing a major deterrent to
quick, convenient local access
to public records and an
unreasonable hardship for cit-
izens."
Group president Sandy
Golding has also submitted a
request for a copy of a com-
plaint filed in the First Street
Grille case but was recom-
mended by the City Clerk to
obtain the information
through the Beaches Annex of.
the Clerk of the .;Courts,
according to the minutes from
the March 1 Beaches Watch
meeting.

But Stratford said the city is
not obligated by state law to
produce to 'the public every
document because some are
protected by exemptions
within the statute.
"What is and what is not a
public record is set forth by
the state statute and that is
what we ,have adhered to in
this city for as long as I can
remember,"-he said. -
"Mr. Thompson has request-
ed certain things [regarding
Home Depot] and they' are not
covered by the public records.
They are exceptions and there'
are exceptions. It's not that
everything that crosses the
Mayor's desk or everything
that crosses their desk or my
desk belongs to somebody sit-
ting out there."
Sharp said his intent was
not to challenge the legal
process safeguarding both the
city's and the public's interest.
The purpose of the workshop,
he said, was to develop a sort
of data base to track city busi-
ness.
"I wasn't speaking legally at
all. I'm sure the City Attorney
and City Manager have deter-
mined what is public record
and what is not and is pre-
scribing their actions .
within the boundaries of that
law," he said.
"However, I'm just talking
about a record that's in the
Clerk of the Court that if
someone files a lawsuit against
us, I'm not sure why we
wouldn't just keep a record of
that same kind of thing here."
Sharp said he requested a
list of all of the lawsuits pend-
ing against the city and was
told by City Clerk Heidi
Reagan that the office did not
maintain a current list of
pending litigation.
"She basically only had four
and I knew that there were
more than a dozen [pending]
and I wondered why that was-
n't kept on record," he said.
"While I don't agree with
Mr. Finner that we need to
duplicate the services that we
already pay for from the Clerk
of the Courts, I think just as a
matter of policy we ought
to at least keep a record of a
record."
Sharp said in a letter to
Forbes that a "simple request
for information should have
been fulfilled the same day it
was.requested." -.
"Iif-.have had this much dif-
ficulty I can only imagine the
frustration some of our citi-
zens may have felt when mak-

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ing records inquiries," he said.
"At a minimum, there
should be a complete, up to
date list of lawsuits filed
against the city, the name of
the plaintiff, the address
involved and case number if
any." ,
There are several vested
rights suits and Bert harris
claims pending against the
city with the plaintiff's claim-
ing the city's 35-foot height
. restriction damaged their
property.
Beaches Watch sponsored
the citizen referendum that
enacted the height cap.
Members monitor the status
of the pending suits weekly at
the Beaches Annex of the
Clerk of the Courts.
Councilor Linda Spence said
she would support the devel-
opment of a roster of ongoing
court cases but did not see the
need to amend the city's pub-
lic records practices.
"Frankly I am surprised that
we wouldn't have a listing like
that somewhere available If it
is not there, maybe that is
where we need to go just to
know that John Doe is suing
us on this issue and Jane Doe
is suing us on the other issue,"
she said.
"But beyond that as far as
what other court records
should be made available, I
think we are following state
law and I don't think we need
to make any changes in that
regard."
Forbes said in his 11 years
with Jacksonville Beach, he
has only encountered a hand-
ful of situations involving a
request for information that is
exempt from the public
records law.
Information about trade
secrets, economic develop-
ment and administrative test-
ing are examples of possible
exemptions, he said.
"Probably 99.999 percent of
what I have or deal with is a
public record. To me, the law
is very clear that we have to
provide documents requested
unless we know or can tell
someone what the exception
is," Forbes said.
"Most of the conflicts that
we have dealt with lately have
dealt with lawsuits which is
out of my realm as to what is
public and what is not. It is
extremely, rare that I run into
.-someth'.g .that iAsnotapublic
I

In order to have a community, there must be a group of
people with a common set of interests and a strong sense
of identity. One of the most important requirements for
that strong sense of identity is a shared history which is
protected and nourished by the entire community. If one
doubts that the Beaches, rom Mayaport to Ponte Vedra,
make up such a community, a visit to the new Beaches
Museum and History Center, which opens this week, will
quickly allay those doubts.
The Museum, a project of the Beaches Area Historical
Society, was built for $2 million with the majority of the
money being raised by local residents. The museum will
provide space for traveling displays, historical archives
and a reading room. But the centerpiece is the permanent
exhibit "Shore Stories: Down the Board Walk." A visitor
will walk through the history of each of the areas that
make up the Beaches community. The journey begins at
the Village of Nlayport and continues south through
Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Palm Valley and Ponte
Vedra Beach. It is impossible to make this journey with-
7out a true appreciation and awe for who we are and the
history:and traditions we share.
Too many people deserve our gratitude to try to name
all of them here. The time, effort and money supplied by
so many make a statement about this community that
should stimulate pride in all of'us.
However, there is one person who stands out above all
- -others. Jean McCormick has pursued this goal with single
minded purpose since 1978. But for her efforts,-this mag-
nificent new Museum would not be opening this week.
We encourage every resident of the Beaches communi-
ty to visit the museum soon. Learn about your commu-
nity. See the shared history that gives those of us at the
Beaches such a strong sense of self identity. When you do,
join the Beaches Area Historical Society and help "build a
future for our past.".

he constant quest for fit-
ness leaves, I'm sure only
me, feeling the guilt of
not having exercised enough.
As I'm driving through neigh-
borhoods, I pass my friends
running, biking or on their
way to swim 3 miles in the
ocean, and I immediately feel
as if driving a car is a slothful
mode of transportation. I
should have used a rickshaw
to take my kids to their piano
lessons and gotten a good' 4-
mile jog with weights in. If I
do see these fit people driving,
I know they're on their way to
the gym.
It is not easy being friends
with the triathletes and Leslie
Sales of this world, who,
despite having had several
children, have the figures of 18
year olds because they make
, exercise a priority. It just drives
me crazy. Running into these
girls immediately makes me
replay the last 12 hours of my
life and feel disgusted at the
choices I've made in my diet
,49d,L0ac- of ae'obic exercise.
I'm sure that when they do
something as unchallengthg to
their cardiopulmonary system
as sitting at a computer writing
an article that they would have
weights around their ankles to
do leg curls the entire time. I
do have one friend and moth-
er of three who never exercises,
eats and drinks what she
wants, and still has the thin
'body of a teenager. She totally
makes leisure activity a valid
pursuit. If I thought hard
enough about it this would
drive me crazy, too.
This is one of the reasons cell
and headset phones have
become so popular. Sitting still
to talk on the phone is just not
done any more. Imagine hav-

ANN
VON THRON
COLUMNIST

ing to be attached by a cord to
the wall to make a call. Our
heart rates and metabolism
would approach normal and
totally make phoning a unjus-
tified task. (All readers under
15 are saying "what does she
mean, attached to the wall?"i
Something happened to me
recently that has made me
rethink my status of exercise
deficient. I sprained my ankle,
.and. have been,,.slowed .to,.a,
crawl. I'm wearing..this enor-.
mous and cumbersome boot,
and being in any position
other than supine with my
foot on a pillow makes my
ankle swell to the size of a .
grapefruit. .1 had no idea how
active I was until I was forced
to be inactive. I was a regular
gazelle in my home. The daily
machinations of running a
household and working
should be an Olympic catego-
ry. The lifting, running, push--
ing, pulling, and jumping that
goes on around here is enough
to let me call myself an athlete.
I've given them fitness scores
in case the IOC ever needs my
input.
In the stairmaster section, I

get a 12 out of 10. I run up and
down three 15 step staircases
in my home at least 30
times/day. I have an upstairs
kitchen, so I haul bags of gro-
ceries upstairs several times
weekly, which accounts for the
2 extra bonus points. Walking
the dog counts for an hour on
the treadmill. If she sees a
squirrel during the walk, I
count two hours because of the
extra muscle strain needed to
keep her from lunging, chas-
ing, treeing, and having the
squirrel for lunch.
Sweeping, vacuuming, mop-
ping, and dusting count for an
hour of rowing machine.
Bending to pick up the stuff
that ends up on the floor, load-
ing the dishwasher and put-
ting tights on my first grade
daughter are my bicep curls
and deep knee bends for the
day. Diaggirig pounds of dirty
clothes to the laundry room
then lifting and transferring to
wash and dry is equal to sever-
al reps of free weights.
,.,Last..ut not lao t .,the.ero-,
, bics of., Pediatrics.r Woaking
from room to room, lifting
children onto exam tables,
many of whom kick and
scream, and trying to hold
them down to examine but
not scare them equals a double
run through Nautilus weight
machines and 20 laps in a
pool.
So I am free. The label of
couch potato is off my back. I
can hold my head high
amongst the iron women of
this community, and can say I
am tired from all the exercise I
get, not because I don't exer-
cise enough.
Dr. vonThron is a pediatrician
who lives in Neptune Beach with
her husband and children.

More letters to the editor:

Living within your means

has different meaning in PV

To the editor:
As everyone is aware of the
behavior of undisciplined chil-
dren who never quit with their
relentless "let me, let me, let
me, etc., etc.," it was certainly
no surprise when the issue of
the Guana land grab by Ponte
Vedra once again came at a
fever pitch.
Those who push for building
a high school east of the
Intracoastal Waterway without
using their own precious land
will never give up.
Ponte Vedra (beachless) has
vast acres of land available for
golfers and country clubs and
while land has been available
during their search for a suit-
able site it has always been met
by "not in my neighborhood."
Having good neighborhood
schools is one of the factors
supporting property values
and the appeal of using Guana
land is that it demonstrates the
concern without actually hav-
ing the school in their own
neighborhood.
This is similar to the facade
of promoting property on the
'beach' without actually giving
access to the beach.
The other claimed obstacle,
to acquiring land within their
own boundaries is that it is just
too expensive,' or shall we say,
"too valuable to be used fox
children." And yet the sake of
the children is the acclaimed
objective in the first place -
just not their first priority.
Common sense should make
it obvious that the greater the

value of the land, the greater
the revenues from property
taxes, and it is common
knowledge that property taxes
are the primary support for pri-
mary and secondary schools.
The, limiting factor here is
the tax rate. In Ponte Vedra
and Palm Valley the millage is
16.5 and 16.13 respectively. In
neighboring Jacksonville
Beach the rate is 19.19 with
over 40 percent of the taxes in
support of schools.
That means that on $1 mil-
lion of property (could there
be a few in Ponte Vedra?) the
annual revenues- in Ponte
Vedra will be $2,683 less than
in Jacksonville Beach. Quoting
from the St. Johns County
Property Appraisers Office,
"Taxing and Levying
Authorities determine village
or "tax" rates based on their
budgetary needs."
In spite of the known need
for acquiring land for a school,
the citizens have never deter-
mined it as a budgetary'con-
cern of their own.
Why pay for what you can
take seems to be the attitude.
Not only do they pay 16 per-
cent less in property taxes,
they also pay 14 percent less in.
sales taxes,/.i.e.,.6 percent in St.
Johns.County vs. 7 percent in
Duval County.
.Citizens of Duval .County,
aware of -the increasing
demand for roads and high-
ways, voted for' half of a per-
cent in sales taxes in support of
the Greater Jacksonville Plan.

Living within your means
takes on a different twist in
Ponte Vedra, i.e., you live with-
in your means and we'll also
live within your means.
Herb Peyton's philanthropic
urges seem to be easily
assuaged by giving to the more
advantaged of society. But why
the swap? Why doesn't he just
outright deed the property to-
St. Johns County and see
where it leads?
Tom Byerly
Neptune Beach

High

school

east of

bridge is

good idea
To the editor:
We write to inform you
that we support the High
School East of the
'Intracoastal Waterway. It is
our belief that a new high
school closer to the Beach
will reduce traffic conges-
tion, save energy and time
and help strengthen our
community.

Tim.Swett and Suzanne
Burke
Ponte Vedra Beach

he effect of substance
abuse in our county is
not so different than in
other parts of the nation
except that it involves people
we know; our friends, our
neighbors and sometimes
even our own family mem-
bers.
In a smaller community like.
ours it was once the practice to
deny that the problem exists
and attempt to avoid the
embarrassment of drug and
alcohol abuse by making up
explanations for behavior that
we were not willing to address
publicly.
There are no "magic cures"
for social ills. There are, how-
ever, some positive, measura-
ble steps that we can incorpo-
rate into our public policies
and programs that will
improve the condition in our
community.
At th'e St. Johns County
Sheriffs Office, we are already
investing in projects aimed at
substance abuse prevention,
1-trepatment and reintroduction
,of offenders into society.
Current research shows that
a large number of those who
abuse controlled substances are
filling our jails for committing
minor crimes simply to feed
their addictions.
The economic cost to house
and manage this population is
considerable. On average the
cost of incarceration in Florida
is about $80 per day. Without
successful intervention and
treatment programs to break
the cycle, we will continue to
pay this amount and much
more simply to house and
feed this segment of the
inmate population.
We have examined some
excellent models from other
areas of the state that not only
offer a high return on invest-
ment in economic terms but
also in human terms.
One example would be the
Matrix House therapeutic drug
treatment program in place at
the Duval County jail. Mike
Bennett, who helped run
Matrix House in Jacksonville, is
currently working with Col.
Herb Greenleaf at our deten-
tion center, and together we
are building a successful ver-
sion of that program here at
home.
Substance abuse is an' illness
that is not limited' to any par-
ticular age group; it impacts
our young people as well as
senior citizens.
Consequently, candidates to
participate in this treatment
program will come from all
ages and races. What they will
all have in common is the will-
ingness to participate and to
return to a healthier,, better
quality of life.
Intervention and treatment
are certainly the initial steps in
this process. However, no poli-
cy will ultimately achieve the
desired goal unless we make
provisions to reintroduce the
program participants back into
the community with dignity,
willing and able to maintain
sustainable employment.
Our approach must educate
the community and enroll
their participation if we are to
enjoy a long lasting benefit
from our efforts. To this end, I
am sponsoring a .substance
abuse summit.in March to dis-
cuss future plans with business
leaders, mental health *and
clinical case workers as well as
members of faith based organi-
zations, all of which will play
an'essential role in our progress
towards more effective sub-
stance abuse policies.
Shoar is sheriffofSt. Johns
County.

March 8, 2006 The Beaches Leader/Ponte Vedra Leader Page 5A

Viewpoints

Value diversity in all communities

Only millionaires living here would make it dull

To the editor:
Doesn't anyone else find it
incredibly ironic that so many
people here at the beaches
have sacrificed their money,
time, and labor to assist the
victims of hurricane Katrina,
while at the same time we are
CREATING homeless people.
by forcing them out of their
mobile homes and low
income apartments? Doesn't
anyone else think that it is
outrageous 'that the people
who live in these mobile
homes in our beaches com-
munity are being forced into
temporary tents in Hanna
Park so another developer can
make a few more million dol-
lars?

One writer earlier
outlined his reasons why the
Atlantic Beach City Council
should not suppress construc-
tion, or zoning, which would
restrict the rise in our proper-
ty values. His reasons were
that we would have more
money for parks and side-
walks. I (am not convinced
that is the true motivation for
this view. I think many peo-
ple of this ilk own multiple
properties they would like to
see rapidly escalate in value.
Believe it or not, 'there are
those of us who 'do Aot want
to make our beaches a com-
munity that is restricted to
.only the elite, whose incomes
(or family's monies)' has

placed them at the top of the
food chain.
If you visit Sea Island in
Georgia you will have the
opportunity to observe a ster-
ile community of entirely mil-
lionaires.
It is completely rid of any-
thing that smacks of the
unpleasant trappings of any-
thing middle or (God forbid)
low income. "I suspect that
one reason that this wealthy
island seems devoid, of any
type of sense of community is
probably due to the fact that
most of the citizens .there
inherited their money, rather
than earned it. .
If you would like some
more "future-shock" visit the

beaches at Tampa \ St.
Petersburg. Twenty-five years
ago, while visiting friends in
Tampa, my wife and I were
asked if we wanted to go to
the beach. What we found
was a public beach about one
quarter mile long. On each
end of this beach, to the
north and to the south, were
fences where the condos start-
ed.
At the end of these fences,
by the waters of the Gulf,
were security guards! When I
asked my friend why, he told
me the guards were there to
keep people from walking on
the beaches in front of the
condos, creating private
beaches! I told him that I

thought Florida law says that
the beaches belong to the
people of Florida all the way
to the mean high water mark.
He said that people knew
that, but the majority of
money in the area supported
the privatization so no one
had the clout or dollars to sus-
tain a legal battle against
them.,
Everything is not about tax
base. Once the shrimp boats
and fish houses are gone from
Mayport village; once all of
the few remaining restaurants
on the water at the beaches
have been sold to build high
rise condos; once all of'mobile
homes have been removed
and the low income apart-

ments have sold as condos in
the hundreds of thousands of
dollars; then watch out mid-
dle income residents you are
next! It is already impossible
(or unrealistic) for a new
teacher, fireman, policeman,
or recent college graduate, to
buy a home on their own here
now.
A man named Matthew
once recorded the following
quote, "For what profit is it to
a man if gains .the whole
world, and loses his own
soul?" I think we are in dan-
ger of losing ours.
Michael Fogg
Atlantic Beach

Protect peacefulenjoyment of home

To the editor:
It's too late for us but save yourselves!'
We own property with residential and office
mixed-use between an outdqor bar approved by
the planning commission and one allowed to
operate as an outdoor bar by the planning direc-
tor.
I can attest to the nightmare conditions it cre-
ates'. The worst is the loud crowd noise (often a
drunk crowd) anytime from 8 a,m. to 2 a.m.,
seven days a week. ,
Enforcement of our noise ordinance and the
"special conditions" attached to the bars condi-
tional use permit has been at best difficult. Code
Enforcement Officers only work 8 to 5.' ,
We are forced into the role of Code
Enforcement Officer and must call the police to
enforce the code. Code enforcement is not the
proper role for the police, believe me our boys in
blue have enough to do, and the violations,
never-get to the Code Enforcement Board.'
The City is now considering a change to our

land use code to allow outdoor bars as a condi
tional use closer than 100 ft to a residential usi
in several zoning districts. I estimate that ove
500 residential tax parcels, some including mul
tiple residential units, could be affected.
At greatest risk are residential properties in
residential zoning district across the street front
commercial district. In these cases, the new rul
will allow the outdoor bar to also have outd6oo
amplified music.
No matter what the City decides, we will still
end up living sandwiched between two outdoo:
bars; as I said it is too late for us. Don't-let you
and your family be put into our position.
Protect your peaceful enjoyment of your, prop
erty and just say no to outdoor bars next to res
idential uses. Save.yourselves before it is too lat
for you also!

David Smith
Jacksonville Beach

Elected officials are not anointed

To the editor:
We all got to watch' the [Atlantic Beach]
mayor and the city commissioners 6at 'a little
crow at the city commission meeting (2/271
when they agreed to settle the Lindley Tolbert
lawsuit.
Jamie Fletcher's comment that he has since
realized the city commission's'hands were tied ,
suggests that he initially did not want to hear
what the city attorney said at the December city-
commission meeting. Mayor Don Wolfson's
remark that the city can't ignore the law was the
exact opposite of what he actually did. After
being told several times by the city, attorney that
Tolbert had a legal rightto divide her property
and that, if sued, Atlantic Beach would lose the
lawsuit, Wolfson, Fletcher, Sylvia Simmons and
Dezmond Waters voted at the January meeting

to deny the request.' Not one member of the
Atlantic Beach City Commission lives if Sel1va
SMlatina,' yet they are determined to take proper-
ty rights from those of us who own homes in
that community. The hypocrisy of their behay
ior is of epic proportions. Jamie Fletcher lives in
,a large home on a small lot. Don Wolfson lives
in an oceanfront home on a large lot that wil
not be affected by the new zoning laws. Property
records at the county court house show thai
Dezmond \Vaters has apparently already subdi-
vided his property in Atlantic Beach. Our elect-
ed officials are behaving like they have been
anointed instead of elected.
Len-Cawrse
Atlantic Beach

Yes to land deal
To tie editor:
The new Fee Title land
- exchange proposal put forth by
e Herb. Peyton. would allow the .
r state to protect and conserve 50
- acres of high-value, natural
resource land it seeks in
a exchange for 50 acres of Pine
a Plantation land, owned by the
e State, located behind the new.
r Publix Shopping Center on
Mickler Road.
a 1) Our Community Wins: A
r Ponte Vedra High School within
a our community will be a source
of spirit, pride and a central ral-
- lying point we currently do not
- have.
e 2) State conservation Wins:
Public protection is extended to
50 acres of higher value..
1 3) State and County Tax
Payers Win: At no cost, the.State
gains 50 acres of higher value,
natural resource land .
4) Our kids win: They will
attend a high school in the com-
munityv where they' live.
This new proposal not only
secures land fora much, needed
community high school, but
protects and conserves an in-
holding qf the GRWMA.
e Robert and Cecelia Lopresti
a '"* -'",Pohte Vedra Beach '
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Films are

available

to viewers

To the editor:
Speaking as a movie fan,
reviewer Steve Bailey's column
of March 3 took me by surprise.
He is so indifferent to his role
as critic, he admits he has not
seen several of the contenders
for the "big" Oscars.
Reluctantly, I concede that is
his prerogative.
However, I am offended that,
as a newspaper writer, he can-
not get his fact straight. In his
article, he states that neither
"Transamerica" nor, "Hustle
and Flow" have played in-
Jacksonville. "Transamerica",
came on Feb. 24, and .is cur-
rently showing until at least
March 10 (I saw it on March 2!)
"Hustle and Flow" played here
for a few weeks in July/August
2005, and has been available
on DVD: since Jan. 10.
I assume you. do own a DVD
player, Steve?
Janet Livermnore
Jacksonville Beach

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luncheon at 11 a.m. at the Casa
Marina Hotel, 691 1st St. N.i
aJcksonville Beach. Tickets are
$18. Call Maggie Perm at 904-
998-2331 for information.

Luncheon: The Women's
. Connection outreach luncheon
will be held from 11 a.m. till
12:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville
Golf and Country Club on
Hodges Blvd. The cost is $17.
Call 221-4536 for information.

Book-signing: Washington
Post reporter and award-win-
ning environmental journalist
Michael Grunwald will be at
The Bookmark at 7 p.m. to dis-
cuss and sign copies of his new
book "The Swamp: The Story of
the Everglades." Call Rona
Brinlee at 241-9026 for infor-
mation.

Thursday from 5:15 to 6:45
p.m. through June 29. Call
Chandra at 396-3052 for infor-
mation. ,
JCCI forum: JCCI will have a
forum titled "Streetscape to
Skyline: Do We Need Higher
Design Standards?" from 5:30t
to 7 p.m. in the JCCI confer-
*ence room, 2434 Atlantic Blvd.,
Suite 100, Jacksonville. Call
Esther at 396-3052 for reserva-
tions.

Republican Club: The
Republican Club of the Beaches
will hold its regular monthly
meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Po Boys
Restaurant, 725-12 Atlantic
Blvd., Atlantic Beach. The 6:30
p.m. social will be followed by a
7 p.m. meeting. Jim Overton,
city of Jacksonville property
appraiser, is the guest speaker.
Call Ed Raube at 246-7979 for
information.

Saturday- March

Garage sale: The Ribault
Garden Club will have a garage:
sale/treasure hunt from 8 to 11
a.m. at 705 2nd Ave.,
Jacksonville Beach. Admission
is free and all are welcome.

Luncheon and fashion
show: Sons Of Italy Beaches
Lodge will have its first "Elegant
Luncheon and Fashion Show"
from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at
Max's Restaurant Ballroom,
1316 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville
Beach. Proceeds will benefit
Baptist Beaches Hospital's
Orthopedics Unit. March 3 is
the deadline for ticket sales.
Call 242-4929 or 992-6077.

Art class: A family art class
will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. at
the Jacksonville Museum of
Modern Art, 333 N. Laura St.,
Jacksonville. The class is free
with museum admission. For
information, call Ashlie
Johnson at 366-6911, extension
207, or e-mail ajohnson
@jmoma.org.

giver support meeting will be
held at 7 p.m.,at the Council on Genealogists: The Southern
Aging Coastal Community Genealogist's Exchange Society,
Center, 180 Marine St., St. Inc., will hold its spring semi-
Augustine. The meeting is for nar at Park Lane Baptist
; .thnn,.,,e,,o.i m _n. wh-,-tl Chu chch 1480 LakeShore.B.d.-, ,
'e-lmer-o'r f'em or-Oss ( Jacasonville. RtHolcomb,,-
other illnesses. Call Diane editor of the "South Carolina
Longo at 904-823-4815 for Magazine of Ancestral
information. Research," is the speaker. Call
904-778-1000 for information.
Th'ursdav. March 9

Jewelry sale: BMCBeaches
Hospital Auxiliary will have a
jewvelry sale from 7 a.m. to 4
p.m. today, and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
March 10, in the main lobby of
the Beaches Hospital, 1350 13th
Ave. S., Jacksonville Beach. The
sale is open to the public.

Luncheon: The Seniors By
The Sea luncheon will be held
at 11 a.m. at Beaches United
Methodist Church, 7th Avenue
'North and 3rd Street,
Jacksonville Beach. The cost is
$4.50. The program is
"Historical Mayport."
Reservations are required by 5
p.m. the Monday before the
uncheon. Call 246-2926 for
information.

Republican Women's Club:
The Republican Women's Club
* of Duval Federated will have a
social at 11:30 a.m., followed by
a luncheon and program at
noon, at the Radisson
Riverwalk Hotel, Prudential
Drive. Former Florida
Congressman Bill McCollum,
candidate for attorney general
of the state of Florida, is the
guest speaker. The cost is $16
with reservations or $21 at the
door. Call Willa Farrell at 910-
3533 or e-mail info@rwcdf.org
by March 2.
Luncheon: The Beaches
Division of the Jacksonville
Regional Chamber of
Commerce will have its month-
S ly luncheon at Sawgrass
Country Club, 9795 Summer
Place, Ponte Vedra Beach.
Jacksonville Councilman Airt
Graham is the speaker. Tickets
are $15 with reservations or $20
at the door. Call 249-3868 to
R.S.V.P.

Spaghetti supper: The
SJacksonville Beach Woman's
Club will host a spaghetti sup-
per from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the
clubhouse, 1315 N. 2nd Ave.,
Jacksonville Beach. Coffee and
tea will be provided; bring your-
own wine or beer. Tickets are'
S$10 for adults, $5 for children 6
to 12, and free for ages under 6;
tickets will also be available at
the door. Proceeds will benefit
local charities.

Irish dancing: Irish country
dancing with a live band and
caller will be held from 8 to 11
p.m. at Cobalt Moon Water
Studio, 214 Orange St.,
Neptune Beach. The public is
invited. Call 246-2131 for infor-
mation.

Dance association: The
American Ballroom and
Contemporary Dance
Association will meet at 8 p.m.
at Bolero's, 10131 Atlantic Blvd.
Guest admission is $12. Call
246-2858 or 249-5321 for infor-
mation or reservations.

Sunday, March 12
ArtFusion: "ArtFusion for
Families" is held from noon to
4 p.m. at the Jacksonville
Museum of Modem Art, 333 N.
Laura St., Jacksonville. Call
Ashlie Johnson at 366-6911,
extension 207, for information.

Reception: A reception for
artist Joyce Gabious will be held
from 2 to 6 p.m. at A Charles
Gallery, 228 3rd Ave. 'N.,
Jacksonville Beach. "Mind-
scapes," a collection of water
media and collage paintings,
will be on display through
March 25. The public is invited.
Call 904-339-0029 for informa-
tion.

Scandinavian society: The
Scandinavian American Society
of the South will host the Duke
University Chorale at 3:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
afterward, and admission is
free. Call Anna Large at 743-
2214 or Darleen Hutto at 725-
1665 for information.

Monday, March 13
Relay for Life: The Relay for
Life of .the First 'Coast Beaches
will meet at 6 p.m. at the
Neptune Beach Senior Activities
Center. Call 249-0022 for infor-
mation.

Small business expert: The
Beaches Division of, the
Jacksonville Regional Chamber
of Commerce will host Sandy
Bartow, executive director of
the Women's Business Center,
from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Beaches
Chamber Office, 325'
Jacksonville Drive, Jacksonville
Beach. There is no charge, but
appointments are required. Call
249-3868.

Evolution debate:
Jacksonville University will host
a debate on evolution and intel-
ligent design at 7 p.m. in the
Terry Concert Hall. The event is
free and open to the public.
Call 904-256-7102 for informa-
tion.

Wednesday, March

Retired federal employees:
Chapter 1671 of the National
Active and Retired Federal
Employees will have a noon
luncheon meeting at the
Golden Corral Restaurant,
14035 Beach Blvd. Visitors are
welcome. Call 731-3968 or 221-
7644 for information.

Coffee on the Coast: The
Beaches Division of the
Jacksonville Regional Chamber
of Commerce will have "Coffee
on the Coast" at 8 a.m. at
2Nique's, 544 Atlantic Blvd.,
Neptune Beach, in the K-Mart
plaza. The cost is $2. Call 249-
3868 for information.

Adventures in Art:
Adventures in Art will be held
at 1 p.m. at the Ponte Vedra
Beach Branch Library. Jam
Bialka will demonstration using
pastels to paint. Call Carolee
Bertisch at 273-6578 for infor-
mation.

Open house: Persephone
Healing Arts Center, 485 6th
Ave. N., Jacksonville Beach, will
have an open house from 5:30
to 7 p.m. Call 246-3583 for
information.

Sons of Italy: The Sons of
Italy Beaches Lodge 2821 will
meet at 6:30 p.m. at the
Beaches Branch Library's audi-
torium, 600 Third St., Neptune
Beach. A social time starts at
5:30 p.m. Anyone, Italian her-
itage or not, is welcome. Call
242-2949 for information.

Republican Club: The River
City Republican Club will meet
at 7 p.m. at the Piccadilly
Restaurant at 200 Monument
Road. David Allen of "The
David Allen Show' will speak
about eminent domain. Call
Jack Webb at 904-886-2872

Hazardous waste collection:
Household hazardous waste can
be brought to a collection area
in front of City Hall in Atlantic
Beach from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Household hazardous products
include paint, paint thinner
and stripper, pool chemicals,
gasoline, antifreeze, pesticides
and herbicides. Electronics,
such as computer monitors, tel-
evisions, batteries, etc., may
also be dropped off. Call 270-
1651 for information.

Art class: A family art class
will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. at
the Jackson-ille Museum of
Modern Art, 333 N. Laura St.,
Jacksonville. The class is free
with museum admission. For
information, call Ashlie
Johnson at 366-6911, extension
207, or e-mail ajohnson
@jmoma.org.

St. Patrick's dinner: A St.
Patrick's dinner and show will
be held at American -Legtn ,
A-AuxillarV1316, I' '-',AtlanrI1c
Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Dinner is
at 5 p.m., and the show starts at
8 p.m. Call 249-0202 for infor-
mation.

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Phyllis Vivian Bucek
Phyllis Vivian Bucek, 93,died Feb. 28,,2006 in the Atrium. She was
born Feb. 18, 1913 in Castleton, North Dakota and has resided at the
Atrium for the past 2 years.
Family members include her daughter Lois (Humphrey) Sullivan
of Ponte Vedra Beach; step- grandchildren, Liza Hickey, Neil Sullivan
and Jeannie (Gary) Bodenstab; five step -great grandchildren; cousin,
'Wilbur Nelson; and several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 9 in
the chapel of Quinn-Shalz, A Family Funeral Home with Reverend
David Sheffield officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Community Hospice of NE FL, 4266, Sunbeam Road,
Jacksonville, FL 32257.
Services arrange b y Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

June R. Chinnis
June R. Chinnis, 7.5, died March 5, 2006 at her residence sur-
rounded by family. She was born Nov. 14, 1930 in Wichita Falls, TX
and moved to Jacksonville from Portsmouth, VA in 1976. She
enjoyed traveling the world with her husband.
Family members include her husband of 55 years, James Chinnis;
daughters, Debbie Groth, Donna Chinnis and Jenny Harley and
grandson, Ryan Groth all of Jacksonville.
A Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 in
the Chapel of Quinn-Shalz, A Family Funeral Home.
in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, 4266 Sunbeam Rd.,
Jacksonville, FL 32257
Services under the direction of Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

John Aldridge Compton
*John Aldridge Compton died Saturday, March 4, 2006 following a
long battle with cancer. He was born Dec.14, 1936 in' Benham,
Kentucky to C.C. and Irene Compton.
Family members include his sister, Wanda Humphrey; his mother,
Irene Compton; his children, John Edward Compton, Carey Michael
Compton and Cheryl Louise Flanders; three grandchildren, Adam
Scott Flanders, Kendall Paige Flanders, and Carie Compton and five
step-grandchildren, Brian Fox, Brandy Fox, Michael Fox, Nelson Fox
and Zachary Aldridge Hallman.
After working as an addictive disease counselor and as a hospital
administrator, Compton became a resident of Jacksonville Beach, for
several years. He was active in the Penman Road AA meetings and
though he was very ill, would return whenever possible to attend
and even help lead meetings until his illness left him physically
unable.'
Compton was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University. He was
a former U.S. Marine and a Mason with membership in the Grand
Lodge of Kentucky.
Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 9 in the St. Paul's-
by-the-Sea Episcopal Church of Jacksonville Beach with the
Reverend Penny Pfab,. officiating, followed by a reception.
Entombment will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, March 9 in the
Mausoleum of Ogelthorpe Memorial Gardens of St. Simon's, GA,
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Hospice
of Northeast Florida or to the Penman Road AA Club.
Services arranged by Quinn-Shal Funeral Home.

Charles Francis Cunliffe
Charles Francis Cunliffe, Jr., 78, waslbom April 28, 1927 in Atlantic
City, N.J. to Charles, Sr. and Florence Cunliffe. He attended school in
Atlantic City and joined the U.S. Navy during World War [1. He
served aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlan and later the U.S.S. Taran.
;..ln-1,958,-he-moved bte LMmeti rirink
'5.ad'wa transferred 'to.6acina le so n -9 "as maiiager, later to
become vice-president of vending in North Florida and Southern
Georgia. Following retirement from Wometco, he bought Ajax
-: i v Parking at the airport.
He was a member of the
Southside Lion,'s Club and
President of the S.M.E.J. of
Jacksonville. After moving to
Ponte Vedra Beach in 1977, he
9obecame a Charter Member of the
Ponte Vedra Rotary Club and
A belonged to the Ponte Vedra Inn
and Club. He was also a member
Sa of Our Lad), Star of the Sea
Catholic Church.
Family members include his
wife, June Cates Cunliffe; son,
GaTry (Lisa) Cunliffe of Orange
Ss Park; daughters, Donna Wright of
Jacksonville, Charlene Cunliffe, Kathy Cunliffe and Mitzi (Ned) Graff
of Langhomrne, PA; 8 grandchildren and a wonderful pet, Russell.
Visitation for family and friends was held Monday in the Chapel
of Quinn-Shalz, A Fanmily Funeral Home. A private family graveside
service was held on Tuesday, March 7 in the Beaches Memorial Park
Cemetery. Senices arranged by Quinn-Shalz, a Family" Funeral
Home & Cremation Centre.

e Joseph (Joe) Louis Dube
Battle with cancer.
He was born No'. 1, 1914, in Bromptonville, Quebec, Canada. 'He
married NMildred Amy Dube (deceased) Oct. 21, 1939. He served the
ULSA dunng World War II as a Gunners Mate on Liberty ships in the
Atlantic for three years.' He was a long time resident of Cranston and
Warwick, RI and more recently Ponte Vedra Beach and Jacksonville.
An avid fisherman his whole life, he enjoyed fishing the waters of
Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, the Beaches of The First Coast
and The lacksonville Beach Pier. I
He is survived by his son Arthur A. Dube and daughter-in-law
Patricia Dube of Jacksonville; siblings Roland Duhaime of Johnston,
RI, Margaret Hallene of Palm Beach Garden,, Jill Ward of Boynton
Beach, Dot Simmons of aVest Palm Beach, and Thomas Dube of
Pompano Beach.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or online at
www.cancer.org.

Ellis Dunsford Leavitt
Ellis Dunsford Lea-itt, 87, died March 1, 2006. She was born June
19, 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia and moved to Jacksonville in
1927.
She served as president of several organizations including, Alpha
Chi Omega sorority Beta Eta Chapter of
the Florida State College of WlVomen, the
Duval Medical Center Auxiliary, the

Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterial of
Suwanee Presbytery, Stockton School
9I, aP.T.A. and the 20/20 Book Club. She
served as a Trustee, Elder and Deacon at
the Riverside Presbyterian Church. In

1939, Ellis received her pilot's license and
was a member of the Ninety-Nines
Women's Flying Association.
Family members include her daughter,
the Reverend Carol DiGiusto of Ponte
Vedra Beach; grandchildren, Sara (Rob)
Sewel of Columbia, S.C. and Lt. Scott
DiGiusto, U.S.N. of Corpus Christi, TX;
brother, Dr. Ensor "Buz" iMargaret) Dunsford of Orange Park, FL and
numerous nieces and nephews. Her husband, Carl R. Leavitt, Jr. and
her sister, Ruth D. Aller, predeceased her. ,
Funeral senrices will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 8 in the
Riverside Presbyterian Church, 849 Park Street with the Reverend Dr.
W. Stephen Goyer, the Reverend Dr. Thomas Walker and the

Reverend Dan Thomas officiating. A reception will follow with inter-
ment in the Oaldawn Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Riverside
Presbyterian Church or to the All Saints Catholic Nursing Home.
Services under the direction of Quinn Shalz Funeral Home.

Cecilia V Quinn
Cecilia V., Quinn, 94, died March 4, 2006 in Avarte 'of
Jacksonville Beach. She was born May 26, 1911 and wife of the late
Michael J. Quinn, Sr. "
Family members include her son, Michael J. i Frances 'Quinn, Jr.;-
grandclhildren, Corrine Waycaster, Michael I. Quinn, III, William-
Quinn and Theresa Quinn; five great grandchildren; nephew,
Ronald C. (Ninal Della Porta; niece, Adele Della Porta; grand
nephews, Alfred and lohn Della Porta; seven great grand nephews
and nieces; grand niece, Veronica Dimare and two' great grand.
nieces.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., today, Wednesday, in the
Chapel of Quinn-Shalz, A Family Funeral Home. Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 9, in the,St.
Paul's Catholic Church of Jacksonville Beach with the Reverend
William Kelly as Celebrant.
Services under the direction .Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

Jodie Kathtyn Raab
Jodie Kathryn Raab, 35, died Feb. 27, 2006 in Atlantic Beach,
Florida. Raab was bom in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada and has
resided in Atlantic Beach for two years after completing her
Master's Degree at the University of Florida, as a landscape archi-
tect.
She was a graduate of John Carroll High School, indian River
Community College and Fort Lewis College in
Durango; Colorado. She received her 'Master's
Degree at the University of Florida.
She worked at Prosser-Hallock Planners &
Engineers, Jacksonville. She loved the outdoors,
the water and her dog,. Lola. In t
Surviors include her mother and father. Dr.
James & Pamela Raab of Fort Pierce: sister,
Captain Jennifer Jean Raab, U.S.A.F., of Clovis, lj
New Mexico and brother, Peter S. Raab of Austin,
TX.
Memorial contributions may be made to a Shop Fair Trod
favorite chanty.
Services: Visitation was held on Friday, March W0rking together, w
3 with a vigil service at Haisley Funeral Home. A celebration of Intern
Mass of Christian burial was held Saturday at St. women around Ihe'
Mark's Catholic Church. Arrangements under homes, communlil
the direction of Haisley Funeral & Cremation
Service. Bring this ad in
Those unable to attend may sign the guest
book at www.haisleyfuneralhome.com. between Wed. I

Jean Moore Rawls
Jean Moore Rawls, died March 1, 2006 in
Pbmpano Beach. She was a licensed real estate
broker and co-wwner of Bold City Realty in
Jacksonville during the 1970's. She was an
accomplished musician and loved to travel. She
was happiest on cruise ships or traveling on a
plane headed to Europe.
Family members include her daughter,
Sharon (Jim) Lucas; friend and caregiver,
Elizabeth Irishi numerous cousins and friends in
'"fhe'Pompand 'Beach, Ft. La'uderdale-,are'a'and-
E n an d. '' 9'.-' "
Graveside services were held Tuesday in
Oaklawn Cemetery with the Reverend John
Riley officiating. -
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Macular
Degeneration Research, 8733
Beverly Blvd. #201, Los Angeles, .
CA 90048.
Services under the direction
and care of Quinn-Shalz Funeral
Home. i C l

Harry A. Rupley G
Harry A. Rupley, 79, resident of 228 Third Ave. N.
Ponte Vedra, formerly of Rome,
New York, died Fe. 15, 2006. He 1 339-0029
was born in Philadelphia and
lived most of his life in upstate Hours:
New York. He served in the US Wed-Sun
Navy during WWVll and was sta- lpm-9pm
tioned in the Aluetian Islands.
He belonged to both the VF\XV
and American Legion. An '
employee of the Beaches f
Historical Society, he also
enjoyed piloting small planes
and fishing.
Surviving are his fiancee,
Rosemary Phillips, a daughter,
Brenda (Bill) Clance and three l .
grandchildren. -. .
Private services have been P*"
held.
Memorials in his name may be
directed to American Legion Post :kt ^-
129, 1151 South 4th St.,
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250. ,
Arrangements by Hardage- "
Giddens Funeral Home, 1701 '
Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach, .i! .... l
FL. h- >

Robert James
Viall
Robert James Viall, 74 of Ponte -
Vedra Beach, died Feb. 23, 2006 .
at Baptist Medical Center-
Beaches. He was born Nov.5, :- ,-, i
1931 in Daytona Beach. --..... -i .
A gifted artist, he painted LM
scenery, was an actor at Players-
by-the-Sea -and was an active
member of Palm's Presbyterian
Church.
Family members include his __ ___ _
cousins, June Hughes, Shirley
Ritchie, Ann Shelton, Sue
Simpson, Pat Compton and Roy
Mize and many friends.
Private graveside services were

held in the Daytona Memorial
Gardens Cemetery. A memorial
service will be held at 10 a.m.,
Friday, March 10 in the Palms
Presbyterian Church with the
Reverend Dr. Thomas Walker and
the Reverend Carol DiGiusto, The lRed School House i're
officiating. 419 slh Avenue N. Jaclu
Services under the directionof wy
Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

Byme Ware Waggoner
Byrne Ware Waggoner died on March 1, 2006 following a
lengthy illness. She was born in Falls Church, ViA on March 16,
1919, daughter of Macon Ware and Kathryn Byme Ware.
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University in 1940,
where she was a member of the Duke Chapel Choir, Women's Glee
Club, Kappa Delta Sorority and President of the Pan Hellenic
Society. She was employed by the Library of Congress in
Washington DC 'during the war years, and returned with her hus-
band to Durham, NC following WWII. She was an employee of the
Duke University Library system, working first in the Rare Book
Room and later in the Order'Department, specializing in the order-
ing of foreign language materials for the collection. She was a
devoted member of Durham Savoyards for many years, working
behind the scenes as a costume maker/designer. She loved reading
and working in her garden.
Family members include her children, John P. I.Pippa) Waggoner
II of Los Angeles, CA and Kathryn (Don) Waggoner Wallis'of St.
Augustine; grandchildren Laura Waggoner (Bob) Murphy of La
Jolla, CA, Neill Jansen Wallis of Gainesville, Kathryn (Kate) Spencer
Wallis of Gainesville and John P. Vaggoner IV of Los Angeles;
brothers, Henry Neill Ware and Edward Macon Ware of'Dunnsville,
\VA She was predeceased by her husband, John P. jLake)' Waggoner,
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Duke University
Chapel of Durham, NC. Memorials may be made to theJohn P. and
Byrne Ware Waggonet Endowment Fund, Perkins Library, Duke
University, PO Box 90193, Durham, NC 27708.
Services under the direction of Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

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You never know.
I'm in the middle of a very
long road trip. By the time I
get back home, I will have
been gone almost two weeks'.
This is the longest I have
ever been away from the tall
babies.
The planning, the running
around, the schedule checks,
the potential conflicts and
catastrophes could make a
mother pass out if she
thought about them all at
once.
But then it's eventually
time to go. At some point,
not just the babies but the
mommies have to leave the
nest. This is no easy task.
Holy cow.
Wow.
So far, as I lumber through
the country on a book tour,
not one of my two children
has been arrested, played
hooky from school, been too
naughty, fallen behind in
math or English class, broken
into the liquor cabinet or
danced naked through the
back yard.
Rumor has it there was a
kiss at last Saturday night's
dance, but that is bliss when
a wild mother's mind imag-
ines what could be happen-
ing.
Don't get me wrong these
babies are good ones. They
are keepers but they are still
kids. Just the other day, my
son admitted that he stood
on top of a table in the
lunchroom and blew a spit
wad into a teacher's wild
head of hair.
"I've been wanting to do
that since I was a freshman,"
my. senior said.
"She is the meanest teacher
and should not be teaching
school. I knew it was, bad
but it felt really good, Mom."
Well, really, if this is the
worst of it all then bring it
on. He had his detention and
he had to tell me the story,
and let's hope he felt a little
foolish and that he doesn't
throw anything larger into
anyone's hair until the end
of his lovely high school
career.
At some point, we really do
have to leave town and trust
the kids. \Ve have to actually
get in the car and leave and
we have to try really, really
hard not to worry, which" is
no easy task.
I don't know where this
mother instinct comes from
but I suppose there is a giant '
wad of estrogen lying some-
where that all girl babies are
dipped into before they pass
from a white cloud into the
real world.
It's a-dipping that makes us
crazy with worry and won-
dering and second guessing.
It's a cloud that makes us
wonder if we did or do any-
thing correct. It's a cloud.
that covers pretty much
every waking moment of our
lives.
It's also a dipping that
makes us a little insane. I
mean really, these kids drive
and eat and work and study
and laugh and live and that's
what we want them to do.
WVe just don't think they' can
do it without us.
But they can and they do,
and in the case of my two
charmers, they seem to be
S doing it Very well. ,.
Maybe I should stay anoth-
er week. .
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columnist for DBR Media.

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Fletcher High seniors Nathan Tocco, left, and Joe Barnhill will aftend service academies this fall.
Tocco has been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Barnhill will play football for
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. See Barnhill's story at beachesleader.com.

Fletcher High senior

taking academy route

by JOHN-NYVWOODHOUSE
ASSOCL4TE EDITOR
Nathan Tocco of
Jacksonville Beach spent 10
days last summer in Jamaica
as part of a youth mission
trip.
This summer, he'll be on a
different kind of mission: To
the U.S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md.
Tocco received his congres-
sion'al appointment to
Annapolis on Feb. 28. He
reports to the nation's sec-
ond-oldest service academy
in early July for seven weeks
of training known as "plebe
summer."
The Fletcher High senior
carries a weighted 4.3 grade-
point average and is ranked
in the top 10 percent of his
graduating class.
"He's not only a good stu-
dent, academically, but he
also has a very good attitude
as well," said Fletcher guid-
arfce counselor Joan
Ki(kland.
"He has taken a rigorous
academic program here at
Fletcher."
Tocco also lettered in swim-
riting for the Senators this
school year, winning'the con-
solation finals of the 50
freestyle in October at, the
district championships at the
University of Florida.
He doesn't plan to swim for
Navy, but knows the academy-

will test him both physically
and mentally.
"I got a taste of it one week-
end," said Tocco, who fell out
with cadets for physical train-
ing during an official visit to
the Naval Academy in late
February.
"We did P.T. from 5:30 a.m.
to noon. Then I followed a
midshipman through his
.day."
Tocco is the third Fletcher
High student to earn an
appointment to Annapolis
since 1999.
Flethcer grad James
Barrineau is a senior at the
Naval Academy. Former
Fletcher student Nikki Curtis
graduated from Annapolis in
2005.
"I want to serve my coun-
try. I want to be an officer,"
said Tocco, who is taking
Advanced Placement courses
at Fletcher, including AP. cal-
culus and AP physics.
"I've always wanted to go
*into the military. I want to
study aerospace engineering,
and the academy has one of
the best engineering schools
in the nation."
Tocco had some help mak-
ing his college choice.
Capt. David C. Robertson,
the commander of Destroyer
Squadron 14, homeported at
Mlayport Naval Station, gave
Tocco a tour of the NMayport
base.
Robinson, a 1981 Naval

Academy grad and a
Jacksonville Beach resident,
also put Tocco in touch with
a former Navy SEAL and
Annapolis grad who lives at
the Beaches.
"The captain has been a
great influence on him," said
Joy Tocco, Nathan's mother.
"I had a cousin who served
in the Navy. I'm extremely
proud of Nathan. He's very
patriotic. He's been waiting
to hear back from [the Naval
Academy] for months."
After four years at
Annapolis, graduates receive
bachelor of science degrees
and are commissioned
ensigns in the Navy or sec-
ond lieutenants in the
Marine Corps.
All graduates are obligated
to serve five years of active
duty.
Tocco said he doesn't want
to pursue a career in surface
warfare or be stationed on a
ship. He said he would rather
serve as either a ground-
based Marine officer, a Navy
SEAL or an aviator.
"I want to be on the battle-
, field or fighting above it,"
said Tocco, who turned 18 on
Tuesday.
Famous Naval .Academy
grads include former presi-
dent Jimmy Carter i1947),
1963 Heisman Trophy winner
Roger Staubach 119651 and
Discovery astronaut Wendy
Lawrence (1981i.

Beaches residents

are celebrity chefs

by KATHY NICOLETTI
STAFF WRITER
The 20th Annual
Salvation Army Celebrity
Chefs Tasting Luncheon and
Silent Auction will be held
on Thursday, March 16, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Prime Osborn Convention
Center in Jacksonville.
Local celebrities who have
participated in the event
during the past 19 years
have been invited back to
this year's luncheon. A total
of over 80 local celebrities
will be on hand to serve
guests from a special menu
prepared from recipes pro-
vided by the chefs over the
years. These include appetiz-
ers, soups, salads-and sides,
entrees, and five fabulous
desserts.
Tickets are $30 for the
event and everyone present.
will receive a copy of the
20th annual Celebrity Chefs
Cookbook, which features
recipes from 19 years of
Celebrity Chefs Luncheons.
A variety of items will be
available for bidding at the
silent auction. Among the
most unique items will be
several dolls dressed in fash-
io'ns contributed by local
and internationally famous
designers.
A number of Beaches resi-
dents will be returning as
celebrity chefs this year.
including Aida Ribeiro, direc-
tor of the Jacksonville
Conservatory of Music; Fabio
Machetti. music director of
the Jacksonville Symphony;
Michael Huyghue, president
and CEO of Axcess Sports;
Maria Cole, Mrs. Nat "King"
Cole; Sherry Burns, presi-
dent/CEO of the I.M.
Sulzbacher Center for the
Homeless; and entertainer
Gene Nordan.
Husband and wife, Fabio
Nfachetti and Aida Ribeiro
will serve Moqueca or
Brazilian Fish Stew made
from Riberio's recipe at this
year's luncheon.
"I participated last year
and thought it was a won-
derful way of presenting all
different facets of
Jacksonville. I was honored
to be part of it," said Ribeiro.
"The committee does a
wonderful job at the event
which supports a very good
cause. Moqueca is a very
famous dish from Brazil."
Ribeiro said the dish is not
difficult to make and is a
wonderful dish to serve for a
dinner party.
The 2006 menu also

includes Huyghue's Penne
Pasta with Tomato and
Ricotta and Cole's Pot Roast
Popular pianist' and play-
wright Gene Nordan will be
returning for his second year.
He said that when he was
asked to participate in the
event, he "knew that it was a
good cause and was glad to
help."
His recipe for Pasta Tomato'.
and Garlic is in the cook-
book along with Burns
recipe for Sweet Potato
Casserole.
Other notable chefs from
Northeast Florida include
Jacksonville Jaguars owners
Delores and Wayne Weaver,
WJXT Channel 4
Meteorologist Geoge
Winterling, artist C. Ford
Riley, Olympian and Florida
Coastal School of Law
Professor Nancy Hogshead-
Makar, and chef Matthew
Medure.
Tickets can be purchased
from the Salvation Army
located at 328 N. Ocean
Street in Jacksonville, from
all of the Army's Women's
Auxiliary- Members, or by
calling 301-4841. If space is
available, tickets will be sold
at the door.
Proceeds from the event
will provide funds for the
work of the Salvation Army.
This includes the Salvation
Army Senior Center, the
Salvation Army' Citadel
Corps, the Adult
Rehabilitation Center, the
Towers Memorial Social
Services Center, the Child
Development Center, and
the Salvation Army
Administrative Office
The 20th annual Celebrity
Chefs Cookbook will also be
available for purchase after
the event at a cost of $20
plus $6 for shipping.
"This is a wonderful cook-
book and many of the
recipes are easy to 'do and
inexpensive. Also, the book
lists who contributed every
recipe," said Carol Peters,
spokesperson for the event.

The following are a sampling
of the recipes in the 2006
Celebrity Chefs Cookbook.

See RECIPES, A-10

Iorum speaker to discuss American politics

FROM CONTRIBUTOR

As wiretapping and budget debates swirl
through the halls of Congress and the White
House, it becomes apparent how delicate and
mysterious the ways of Washington are.
Journalist James Toedtman will attempt to
demystify the volatile ways of Washington at 7
p.in. Tuesday, March 14, at the Flagler College
Forum on Government and Public Policy.
Toedtman's topic will be' "Bosnia on the
Potomac: A 21st Century Guide to Politics and
Other WMDs." This lecture will address the
unstable nature of Washington in the 21st cen-
tury. As current editor of the AARP Bulletin and
20-year veteran of Newsday, Toedtman' is well
acquainted with covering Washington as well as
other government bodies.

He has also been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes.
The first was a shared prize in 1970 for his series
on the Long Island land sandals and the sec-
ond was in 1992 for spot news reporting of the
New York City subway crash.
Upcoming Speakers for 2006 include:
March 28: Dan Balz, national correspon-
dent, The Washington Post. Topic "The
Current State of the Political Landscape."
April 4: Gil Klein, national correspondent,
Media General .News Service. Topic "What
Will the Future Newspaper Look Like? (And Will
There Be One?)"
All forums take place in the Flagler College
auditorium in St. Augustine. Forums are free
and open to the public. Seating is on a first-
come, first-served basis. GCall 904-819-6400.

Erin C. BoWen of
Jacksonville and Jonathan R.
Brackney of Valencia, Calif.,
were married at 5 p.m.
Saturday; March 4, at the
Sawgrass Marriott.
The bride is the daughter of
Jim and -Donna Bowen of
Atlantic Beach. She received a
bachelor's in sport manage-
ment from the University of

North Florida, and is employed
by North Florida Gym nastics.
The groom is the son of
Bonnie. Jewett of Valencia,
Calif., and Scott Brackney of
Huntington Beach, Calif. He is
a graduate of Canyon High
School and spent four years in
the U.S. Navy. He is employed
by Brack Inc.

Heather Ann Baldwin -and
Dr. John. G. Harris were mar-.
ried Jan. 28; at Christ United.
Methodist Church in Neptune
Beach. The Rev. William L.
Baldwin and the Rev, Patrice
Spencer performed the cere-
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Rev. William and Sue Baldwin
of Jacksonville. The groom is
the son of John and Annita
Harris of Apopka. They are

both: employed by Sharids of
Jacksonville. ,
The maid of honor was the
bride's sister, Hiliary. Melissa
Adams and Kristen Marshall-
Mattson were bridesmaids.
Michael Harris was the best
man. Corbin Harris and John
Miller were groomsmen.
The couple spent their hon-
ey-moon in Asheville, N.C.,
and reside in Jacksonville.

Angeline Rogers ahd David
.Smith, both of Jacksonville,
were married at 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, at Neptune
Baptist Church. Tom 'Barry Jr.
performed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Michael and Patricia Rogers of',
Jacksonville. She is a graduate
of Fletcher High School and
Florida State University. She is.
employed by, Bank of America.
The groom, is the son. of
Charles and Jimmie Sue Smith
of Jacksonville. He is a gradu-
i 7- -

ate of Lee High School and the
University of North Florida. He
is employed by Poole
Management.
Susie Rogers was maid of
honor, and Ansley Rogers,
Karin Wells and Leigh Shelton
were bridesmaids.
Kevin Stephenson was the
best man. Phil Bancrott, Marty
Hammock and .Ryan Riddle
were groomsmen.
After a honeymoon to Maui,
the couple, will reside, in
Jacksonville.
.(f'w1;;3'.(. pul- rr .1: iJ H l

Ashley Shawn Thranhardt and Wright Hooks
Jr., both of Raleigh, N.C., have announced their
engagement to be married.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Thranhardt of Ponte Vedra Beach. She
is a graduate of the University of Florida and is
employed as an -area representative for
Firehouse Subs.
Tlhe groopm-,elct is the ,son f Mrs. Alfied

Carlton Jr. of Raleigh and Ellis Wright fooks of
Taraboro, N.C.
He is a graduate of East Carolina University
with a degree in construction management and
is employed with Barnhill Construction Co.
The couple plan to wed at 5:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 18, at Windlock Estate, Somerset Village,
Bermuda.
J rrin

FROM STAFF
Fletcher High School's
Parent-Teacher-Student
Association needs volunteers
for its TPC fundraiser. This is
the PTSA's major fundraiser.
Volunteers spend half a day
working at a prime location
concession stand at the 2006
PladVrs Championship.
Shifts are morning or after-
noon, Monday-Sunday, March
20-26. Students 15 years of age
or older may volunteer and
receive community service
hours.
Call Deb Nemeth at 241-
4643
Beaches Chapel School is
currently enrolling students for
voluntary pre-kindergarten
through the eighth grade for
the 2006-2007 school year.
Call for more information 241-
4211 extension 711.
*
Puppet shows are held on
the fourth Thursday of 'every
month at the Seaside
Playgarden, 223 8th Ave. S. in
Jacksonville Beach. The next
show is Thursday, Feb. 23. The
stories are appropriate for ages
2 through 9 and are offered free
to the public. Call 247-1314.
eag
The spring 2006 FCAT test-
ing schedule is available at
www.educationcentral.org.
The Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra makes many of its
concerts available to students
for only $5. Family members
accompanying young students
are also welcome at the same
price (up to two family mem-
bers per student).
StUdent-Family Rush
Tickets are available for select
performances during the sym-
phony's regular subscription
season. At select performances,
students may purchase rush
tickets up to 90 minutes prior
to the start of the performance,
as determined by management.
0 0
Instructors are needed to
teach after-school community
education classes for children
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at
Neptune Beach Elementary.
Call Dorothy Ross at 247-5957.
Fletcher High School's
School Advisory Council
meets once a month in the
administration conference
room. Parents and members of
the community are invited to
attend.
Players by the Sea School of
the Arts is offering after-school
drama classes..
Students will participate in
improvisation, theater games,
storytelling, and mime exercis-
es. Cost is $80 per month.
For additional information or
to sign up, call educational
director Barbara Williams at
249-0289

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John Meeks of Mayport Middle School's Social Studies
Department presents awards to (from left) Jasmine Davis,
Roque Santacruz, Vanity Cruell, and Stepphon Lawson for their
participation in the school's black history month poster and
poetry contest. The theme was "Notable Floridians in Black
History."

Put the fish into a large
bowl. In a blender or food
processor combine the
onion, chili pepper (if want-
ed), tomatoes, garlic, corian-
der, salt and lime juice. Pour
over fish. Let stand for an
hour. Transfer to a saucepan
and cover with coconut milk
and oil. Cover and cook for
about 15 minutes or until
fish is done.
Serve hot over rice.

About 10-12 minutes
before sauce is ready, cook
pasta to personal taste. Plac.
pasta in heated serving bowl
Top with prepared sauce and
ricotta, and garnish with
Parmesan; serve. (Do not
stir.)
Serves 6.

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Big inning lifts Senators over Buchholz

Off to an 8-1

start, Fletcher

begins string

of important

district games

By ROBERT DeANGELO
SPORTS EDITOR

Keyed by a six-run fourth
inning explosion, the Fletcher
High Senators earned their
eighth win of the season with
an 11-4 drubbing of
Gainesville Buchholz last
Saturday.
Pitcher Justin Preckajlo gave
up nine hits over seven innings
and worked his way out of sev-
eral jams to even his season
record at 1-1.
After Buchholz plated a run
in the top of the first, Senators
leadoff batter Patrick Braswell
knotted the score when he
launched a 3-2 pitch over the
wall in right-center.
The Bobcats reclaimed a lead
in the top of the third, but
Fletcher answered back when
Preckajlo lashed a single then
stole second. Devin Gonzalez
ripped an RBI single up the
middle, stole second, then
third and scampered home on
an overthrow to make it 3-2 for
the home team. It could have
been a much bigger inning but
B.J. Chandler was doubled off
first on a long fly ball out.
Fletcher did most of its dam-
age in the fourth. Braswell exe-
cuted a beautiful hit-and-run
to plate Tyler Bounds as the
Senators built a 6-3 advantage.
After clawing for another run,
Perry had the big blow of the
inning when he clocked a two-
run shot over the left-center-
field wall as the Senators
stretched the lead to 9-3.
Preckajlo surrendered a solo
home run. to Mike Mirarnda;

Photo by ROB DeANGELO
Fletcher High starter Justin Preckajlo eyes the plate as he delivers a pitch Saturday against Gainesville Buchholz. Preckajlo went
the distance, scattering nine hits over seven innings to earn the victory as the Senators topped the Bobcats, 11-4.

but that would round out the
Bobcats' scoring. Fletcher
added a pair of insurance runs
in the sixth as Perry stroked an
RBI double then came around
on an overthrow as he stole
third.
"1 felt pretty good. I just kept
hitting spots and felt like I had
it today," said Preckajlo, who
.used-4four -pitohes astball;

curve, change-up and slider -
to keep Buchholz guessing.
"Everything seemed to be
working today."
While Fletcher head coach
Kevin Brown indicated he was
pleased with a key victory over
a tough Bobcats squad, he also
sounded a cautionary note that
the next several ballgames will
test the Senators' mettle.

"We played well today, but it that [number] one seed, all you
was a little bit sloppy," said have to do is win one game.
Fletcher head coach Kevin You have to believe that with
Brown. "Now we have to go' the five arms we've got, we're
play [Buchholz] at their place going to find somebody that
Thursday, so that will bea real will give the other team trou-
test. ble." :, ,' :,
"We're 8-1 and I think we're Thus fat Preckajlo, Gonzalez
in control of 'our own destiny and Sam Perry have shared
here. The vay we've got our starting responsibilities, but
pitching set'-up, if we can get "r-Brown-has. also-utilized BTett

Caudill, Sam Darr and Matt
Crismon in all types of relief
appearances.
"The fun part about this
team is you never know who's
going to hurt [the other
team]," Brown said. "Braswell
-and Perry went yard today, and
everybody's talking about
Devo [Gonzalez] and Preckajlo.
I mean, we just hit.
"I will say this about
Braswell. He's got to be the best
leadoff batter in town. There's
nobody that is that dangerous.
Bunting, hitting, hit-and-run,
he's got some speed and I just
can't say enough about what
he's doing at the leadoff spot."
In Fletcher's lone loss this
season, 4-2 to Stanton in the
championship game of the
Stanton Tournament, Braswell
didn't get on base.
"Maybe it's the way they
pitched [to] him, I don't
know," Brown said. "But he
kind of gets us going."
In terms of upcoming games,
Fletcher was set to host Terry
Parker High Tuesday night,
then travel to Buchholz on
Thursday.
On Monday, March 13, the
Senators will host Providence
in a. 5 p.m. start. Next
Wednesday, Fletcher travels to
Orange Park and then' takes on
Mandarin. at home Friday,
March 17.
"We set the schedule up so
we'd have eight games before
we really got into district play,"
Brown said. "Now, over the
next three weeks it's mostly
district games and that will be
a measure of what we've got on
this ballclub."
Preckajlo, a senior who is
one of the team's leaders, likes
the combination of young
players and veterans on this
season's Senators squad.
"I think we've got some lead-
ers who set the tone andl so far
[ like they way we've played,"
he said. "We all know it's a
long season, but..i think we've
got a very goob team and a
number of players willing to
step up.'! "

Fetcher track teams '

soar at Saints Open

FROM STAFF
The Fletcher boys track team earned a third-
place finish while the girls came in fourth
during last Saturday's Saints Open track meet
at Sandalwood High School.
The boys amassed 61 points to trail
WVolfson (237" and Sandalwood i133.5). The
Senators girls team garnered 61 points in the
day-long event.

Among the top individual performances,
Michael Johns and Anthony Carswell finished
second and third, respectively, in the shot
put.
On the girls side, freshman Megan Bariy
won the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.
Fletcher High will next compete in the Wolf
Pack Classic on Friday at Wolfson High
School and at the Westside Relays at Forest
High School on Saturday, March 11.

Pholos by ROB DeANGELO

ABOVE: Fletcher High
sprinters Shenikqua
Woods, left, and Onika
Whyte break from the
start line in the girls 100-
meters at the Saints Open
track meet at Sandalwood
High School. Woods, a
freshman, clocked a 13.1
while junior Whyte was
timed in 13.9 seconds.

LEFT: Senators long
jumper Chelsea Paxson
takes flight as she soars
toward the landing pit in
the girls long jump event.

Pnroi, by ROB DeANGELO
Senators hurdler Olivia Wright clears the final barrier in the girls 110-meter high hurdles dur-
ing the Saints Open track meet last Saturday.

Trying to describe in one word the 'K '
food at Mother's Home Cooking in I
Jacksonville Beach is easy. The word is /
delicious. It's the same kind of stick- L
to-your-ribs, down-home dishes you
remember from 'our childhood. | 'I
Describing the "feel" of Mother's
Home Cooking is a little trickier. It's n; 'M :id
funky, eclectic and comnfy. And some-
how you expect an apron-clad Mom
to remind you to use your napkin and
clean your plate or there's no
dessert. I
Mother's Home Cooking conve-
niently located next to Giovanni's
Restaurant on Beach Boulevard is
the brainchild of owner Jay Shadden
and his best friend from his high B
school days, Scott Foltz.
'Mother's Home Cooking is really a
work in progress," says Jay. "We
bought Danny's at the Beach in March
2005 and in January opened Mother's
Home Cooking." The goal was to keep
some of the restaurant's beachy flair
and popular signature dishes like
the potato chip crusted pork chops.
fried shrimp and other "Southern Owner Jay Shadden (on
comforts" and then add their own Mother's Home cooking I
imprint, according to Jay.
And add their own' imprint they
did. Mother's Home Cooking is bright, cheery, upbeat and
homey, with a family atmosphere for all ages. Seating includes
tables and booths, with many booths including flat-screen
TVs and a "theme." There's an Elvis Booth, a Mother's Booth
S(featuring Jane Jetson, Wilma Flintstone, Mrs. C from Happy
Days, Aunt Bee from the Andy Griffiths Show and other TV
moms) and even booths with surfing, model train and base-
ball card signs. And for the laptop crowd Mother's is now a
WIFI hotspot.
Plenty of area restaurants serve tasty, down-home Southern
food but few combine it with the good Southern hospitality,
prompt service yet laid-back attitude and back-in-the-day nos-
talgia that Mother's Home Cooking offers. Mother's Home
Cooking's staff of 20 and brother-and-sister team manages
Anna and Anton serve up tasty food, friendliness and top-
notch service.
The menu at Mother's Home Cooking is chockfull of tried-
and-true Southern favorites cleverly dubbed Southern
Comforts and also offers nightly specials to satisfy any taste
craving. A kids menu and senior citizens portions are also
available.
Mother's Home Cooking has you covered from breakfast to
dinner, with Mother's Early Bird Specials running from 6 to
7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and a lunch buffet for $6.99
Monday through Friday. Plus, breakfast is served all day/every
day and features Mother's Breakfast Combos, Mother's
Omelets, Mother's Breakfast Wraps and specialties from
Mother's Griddle. Saturday and Sunday features an all-you-
can-eat breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for only $6.99.
The lunch and dinner menus range from appetizers to
dessdffs. Starters lti j Q-n B.BQ sOTimp, frab cakesl7r'ed a
okra,'flred squash quesa'dillas chicke'n tenders and cioL Ih
rings. Specialty soups include Louisiana Seafood Gumbo and
Mother's Homemade Soup of the Day. Salads include a seared
steak salad, Sun Set salad, classic Caesar, Chef salad, dinner
salad, side salad and a house salad.
Also featured is a full array of tried-and-true "comfort" sand-
wiches from The Mother Burger, Patty Melt, Meatloaf
Sandwich, Club Triple Decker, Big Chicken Club and Big Fish
Sandwich the favorite of Jay's wife, Nicole to BLTs and
seven different types of wraps.
"Mother's Southern Comforts" foods include Pot Roast with
Veggies, Homemade Meatloaf- the favorite of lay's six-year-
old daughter Paige, Potato Chip Crusted Pork Chop,
.Jambalaya Jay's personal favorite, Chicken & Dumplings,

right) and staff are ready to serve-up Mother's favorites at
located at 1183 Beach Blvd in Jax Beach.

Veggie Plate, Country Fried Steak, Buttermilk Fried Chicken,
Crab Cakes, Fresh Catch of the Day, New York Strip, Fried
Shrimp and Pick A Pepper Chicken.
All Southern Comforts and dinners are served with a choice
of two sides. Green beans, creamed peas, lima beans, steamed
cabbage, turnip greens, baked mac and cheese, fried squash,
French fries, potato salad, black-eyed peas, corn, veggie med-
ley, cole slaw, garlic mashed potatoes, rice pilaf or sweet pota-
to are just some of the examples of the seven or eight fresh
vegetables that Mother's offers on a daily basis.
The Kids menu is just what Mother ordered, too. Featured
are Kids Burger, Chicken Tenders the favorite of Jay's three-
year-old son Evan, Macaroni and Cheese, Grilled Cheese,
Uncrustables (peanut butter and grape jellyi. Hot Dog, Liver &
Onions (just kidding!) and Brussels Sprouts (if you really have
a kid who wants them).
Desserts include daily specials and scrumptious hand-
-dipped milkshakes, not to mention Chocolate Explosion cake,
made-from-scratch-daily bread pudding, pecan pie, fruit cup
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W hitting are still plenti-
ful along the beach.
Coolers were filled by
all, who ventured down the
beach last week.
Sheepshead and yellow-
mouth are biting along the jet-
ties ,along, with redbass; and
offshore anglers reported that
it was hard to keep their bait
on the bottom but still man-
aged to fill their stringers with
snapper, seabass and beeliners.
Capt. George Ivy, Don Staley
and Johnny and Bobby Taylor:
fished from the "Georgia Lee"
last Thursday off P.V. and
caught 130 whiting. They
reported that they only began
to catch their fish when they
got to about 40 feet. These for-
mer Fletcher athletes are
already planning a big fish fry
after their next trip.
Capt. David King took the
"Crusty Crab" to the redtop
area on three occasions last
week and was kept busy all day
catching whiting. He also
reports small blues and yellow-

south Wednesday with his wife
Murphy looking for the elusive
pompano. They didn't find the
whiting, all on sandfleas. On
Saturday, along the jetties in
tough conditions, Larry caught
15 sheepshead. His largest was
a hefty, 9.5 pounds.
Capti Mike Morris, with his
guests .ack Boender and Cliff
-, ..,. Ratliff, fished the jetties last
WIMPY SUTTON week for 10 sheepshead to 6.5
FISHING LE'ADER pounds, 15 yellowmouth and
four speckled trout.
Chuck, Rob and Byron
Darner and James Gergley on
mouth are beginning to show the "Let's Go" fished around
up. the mouth of the river last
Jetty guide Fred Morrow week and caught 20 yellow-
went back into action last mouth and six speckled trout.
week. On Tuesday, Jerry Taylor On a trip aboard, Matt
fished with Fred for four drum Hamilton's "Pathfinder" last
weighing six to nine pounds Monday, Matt and James
and six sheepshead at five to Gergley caught 12 redbass to
six pounds. 23 inches, five flounder and a
On Thursday, Dr. Robert H. pair of trout. And on Tuesday
Still fished the canal with Fred. on James' "Head Hunter" they
They netted nine redbass, two used fiddlers along the jetties
flounder and a trout. and caught 30 sheepshead to
Larry "Fishman" Finch went seven pounds.

Anglers aboard the "Mayport
Princess" fought a terrible cur-
rent on each trip last week but
the regulars still managed nice
catches of snapper, beeliners
and seabass.
On Wednesday and
Thursday anglers used live
cigar minnows they jigged up
to catch some big flounder off
the bottom.
Canal guide John Dyrssen
couldn't find any live shrimp,
last Wednesday so he put a lit-.
tie weight on a white grub and
trolled the canal below the
McCormick Bridge and caught
nine trout and a flounder..
Capt. Kirk Waltz on the
"Enterprise" with 'Rich Grey
last Tuesday used jigs and live
shrimp around Sisters 'Creek
and caught 20 speckled trout
and eight redbass.
On Thursday, with Chris
Huff, his son Robbie and his
cousin Timmie in the same
area around Sisters Creek, they
caught three redbass and 15
speckled trout.
Capt. Dennis Young and the
Lou Haskins party on the "Sea
Dancer" last,Tuesday fished the
bottom at M.G. They brought
home five snapper to 14
pounds and 31 seabass.
On Thursday, the Larry Pitts
party with Capt. Dennis,
anchored and drifted the P.\'.
bottom and caught five snap-
per to 14 pounds, a flounder
and 21 redbass.
, Capt. Randy Nader with his
daughter Samantha and crew
members Lance Cody and Jerry
Moulton returned from Key
West last weekend with a sev-
enth-place finish in the first
S.K.A. Professional Kingfish
Tournament of the year. They
had a two fish aggregate of 74
pounds, which included a 41-
pounder on the first day and a
34-pounder on the second.
Young Samantha, a regular
member of the "Exterminader"
team, won the Junior Angler's
division. Looks like Capt.
Randy' Nader's team is off to
another great season.
Good Fishing.

Gate Rver Run 'streakers

continue familiar pattern

T Then is a run a run, jog
j/f/Ya jog and a walk no
V V more than that? Is it a
question of personal perception
or is pace just a numbers game?
These profound questions
could be more than casual con-
versation pieces. It may become
serious business, at least'to the
48 people in the Gate River Run
known as "Streakers."
The Streakers are those who
have run every single River Run
since its inception in 1978. That
means a continuous unbroken
line of 28 runs. Number 29 is
coming up this Saturday morn-
ing. But no one is getting any
younger and advancing age is
accompanied by an unavoidable
decrease in speed. :
Streakers are supposed to
"run" every race in order to keep
their streak alive. So the ques-
tion remains: When is a run a
run and when is it not? Should
time become a factor in decid-
ing who is running and who is
shuffling?
"The issue has come up a cou-
ple of times," admitted race

S ,.

BOB FERNEE
RUNNING/FITNESS

director, Doug Aired. "So far it
has not presented too much of a
problem, but it will surely
become a bigger issue."
Age and the ensuing slowness
that accompanies is only part of
the problem.,
When one of the Streakers
became incapacitated a few
years ago and was permanently
confined to a wheelchair, he
had someone push him around
the course. It was a tough call.

Sure, he showed up and he
"did" the race, but did he "run"
it? Unlike the other wheelchair
contestants he did not complete
the race under his own steam.
Isn't that about the same as
dri-ing the course in a car? If an
injured Streaker completes the
race on a motorcyce does that
count? But who wants to be the
bad guy to tell a wheelchair-
bound man that what he did
wasn't good enough?
There is a dark side to the
streak concept that makes you
wonder if it has really been
worthwhile. Numerous people
have been known to lie and
cheat in order to have their
names on the Streakers' list:
Tossing their integrity to the
wind just to say that they have
done them all.
Others have risked their lives
to run the 9.3-mile race when
the distance was obviously
beyond them. A couple of years
ago one of the Streakers died
during the race.
Still it seems that none of the
old-timers after 29 years you
don't find any spring chickens
among the Streakeis) want to
call it quits over little things like
fitness or age.
The time is going to come
when the River Run will have to
set a performance standard and
any remaining Streaker who
doesn't live up to it will be
dropped. And the "question-
able" Streakers may be "tried"
by a jury of their own streaking
peers. If it is agreed a participant
is more cheater than Streaker, he
would be unceremoniously
tossed and his name crossed off
the list.
"Right now we have a cut-off
time of two and a half hours,
which is very lenient," Aired
said. "That's a 17-minute per
mile pace. We should cut it
down to two hours."
Aired continued: "I like to
think that they run more than
they walk (to finish the race)."
Personally, I have to wonder:
Where does this leave me? I too
am an aging Streaker and one
whose finishing times grow
slower every year.
I already feel that what I do
no longer qualifies as a run. At
the rate I'm going soon my. jog
won't even live up to the name
jog (whatever that nebulous
name meant.)

I remember the time I was on
a training run doing my best to
keep up a sub six-minute per
mile pace during a tempo run. I
thought I was doing pretty well
too, a regular running machine.
I passed a small boy and his
mother and the kid yelled:
"Look Mommy, a jogger!"
"Jeez, kid," I thought, "can't
you tell the difference between a
jogger and a runner?"
I guess the line separating
runner and jogger is pretty
muddy.
I used to think if you are mov-
ing at a seven-minute per mile
pace it was a "run," six-minutes
or faster was a "good run."
Eight-minutes a mile was just a
"jog."
I used to disdain the idea of
"jogging." Of course, now
everything has changed. Eight
minutes a mile is looking pretty
good.
Like the other 47 I am a slave
to my streak. I'll be out there on
Saturday "running" my best and
trying to keep my streak alive
for at least one more year.

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the following proposed land development ing spa
code text amendments: In this
C' Clerk's
Ord. No. 2006-7915 Amendment to the day of t
text of Land Development Code (LDC)
Article VI, Development Review Proce- BL 3/8/I
dures, to add a new section, Section 34-
160: Traffic Impact Studies, and to.incor-
porate the requirement for said traffic Im-
pact studies into the review procedures for NOTIQI
comprehensive plan amendments, zoning UNDICE
atlas and code amendments, and condi- UNDEF
tional i uses and development plans for BEACIRST
ma- : .r FRBLVD.
jor developments. (PC 04-06) AND 1
Ord. No. 2006-7916 Amendment to the STREE
text of Land Development Code (LDC) RCL
Article VI; Division 4. Conditional Uses, MARC-
to modify Section 34-233, to allow transfer LANTIC
of. ownership or assignability of an individ- ON MF
ual conditional use dwelling unit (PC 05- SPRINS
PLEAS
0 THE A
Ord. No. 2006-7917 Amendment to the TRAFF
text of Land Development Code (LDC) THESE
Article VII, Zoning Districts, Section 34- GENC'Y
340 e)(4)f, to change ihe maximum build- LOADII
ing height lor lowr.house dwellings in RM- ABOVE
2 zoning dishicis to 35'. as a result of the 3/8/06
approval of an amendment to Section 52
Zoning Auinoriry of me Jacksonville Beach
City Charter. (PC 06-061 IN
Ord. No. 2006-7918 Amendment to the
text of Land Development Code (LDC)
Article VIII, Division 2. Supplemental IN RE:
Standards, Section 34-407(4y Oultdoor JACOU
RestauranIs and Bars. to modiry the loca- A/KIA J
tional standards lor outdoor restaurants
and bars relative to residential and lodging Dece
uses IPC 07-06) FILE N
Ord. No. 2006-7919 Amendment to the
text of the Land Development Code DIVISIC
(LDC) Article VIII, Division 3. Site Clear-
ing and Landscape Standards, Section
34-424. Site clearing and tree protection
standards, to add certain species of trees The
exempted Irom obtlainig a tree removal quelyn
permit (PC 08-06) Kirklanc
was Ju
Ord. No. 2006-7920 Amendment to the curity r,
text of the Land Development Code in the C
(LDC) Article IV, Definitions, and Article da, Prol
VIII, Division 4. Signs to add a delmilton is 330 E
lort 'ground mounted monument signs", to ville. FL
repeal provisions for allowing pole mount- es ot It
ed ground signs. and to establish stand- person
yards lor ground-mounted monument forth be
signs IPC 09-06~
Ord. No. 2006-7921 Amendment to the persons
text of the Land Development Code against
(LDC) Article VIII, Division 4. Signs, to copy ol
add a new section. Section 34-451. must ill
Sever- IN THE
ability. to allow Me severing ol any phrase TER Tt
or section ol the code from Ihe balance ol CATION
LDC sign standards, in Ine event it was 'AFTER
lound to be unconstitutional. IPC 10-061 COPY I
SThe above referenced applications are All (
available lor review in the ohice ob the olner p
Planning and Development Depanment, against
City Hall, 11 Normn 3rd Street, during nor- their c
mal business hours IM-F, 8-51. Interested THREE
parties may appear and be heard at the THE FI
public hearing with respect to the above TICE
applications
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TION 7
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by ine Planning Commission with respect RED.
10 any matter considered al any meeting, NO0
such person may need a record of the RIODS
proceedings, and. for such purpose, such FILED
person may need to0 ensure that a verba- TERAT
lim record 01 the proceedings is made, DEATH
which record includes ithe testimony and The d
evidence upon which inthe appeal is to be The dal
based. lice Is
The public is encouraged to speak on is-
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Anyone who wishes to speak should sub- .
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prior to the beginning oI the meeting. Fora
'n accordance with the Americans with Petes
Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Flori- 2317 N.
da Slatuies. persons with disabilities Melbou
needing special accommodation to parici- Telephc
S pate in iis meeting should conac t trie
Planning and Development Department Personl
no later than 5 00 p m on Ine day preced. Joh
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PUBLIC NOTICE BL 3/1,:
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
BEACH
SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AMERII
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-7911 your dl
CDL A
"-AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAP- mentl
TER 5, "ANIMALS AND FOWL", ARTI- (888)8C
CLE II, DIVISION 1, OF THE CODE OF demy.ci
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JACK- MATH
SONVILLE BEACH. FLORIDA, BY RE- Math T
SCINDING SECTION 5-23. "DEFINI- 249-221
TIONS." AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW
SECTION 5-23,. "DEFINITIONS,"; BY EARN I
RESCINDING SECTION 5-24, "DAN- cal B
GEROUS DOGS," AND SUBSTITUTING Crinmna
A NEW SECTION 5-24 "DANGEROUS er pro
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5-24.1. "ATTACK OR BITE BY DAN- wwwor
GEROUS DOG." SUBSECTION 5- IF YOU
24.1(2): PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL this cat
OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT emair
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR CODIFI-
CATION, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EF- TUTOR
S FECTIVE DATE." Ics. SI
Drew al
SECOND AND FINAL READING OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-7913

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cial accommodation to participate-
meeting should contact the City
Office no later than 5:00 P. M. the
he meeting.
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PUBLIC NOTICE

E OF PUBLIC STREET CLOSING
R THE. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
I'S SPECIAL EVENTS .PERMITS,
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I THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
ESTATE OF
ELYN R KIRKLAND
ACQUELYN R. KIRKLAND
-ased
O. 16.2006-CP-000288-XXXX-MA
)N: Probate
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
administration ol the estate ot Jac-
Rose Kirkland a/K/a Jacquelyn R.
d, deceased, whose date of death
ne 8.2005, and whose Social Se-
lumber is 262-40-0349, is pending
Circuit Court for Duval County, Flon-
bate Division, ihe address ol which
E. Bay Street, Room 101, Jackson-
L 32202. The names and address-
ie personal representative and the
al representative's attorney are set
low.
creditors o the decedent and other
s having claims or demands
decedent's estate on whom a
Ihis notice is required to be served
e their claims with this count WITH-
LATER OF THREE MONTHS AF-
H-E TIME OF THE FIRST PIBLI-
N OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A
OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM
other creditors ol Ihe decedent and
ersons having claims or demands
the decedenrt's estate must file
claims with this Court WITHIN
'MONTHS AFTER THE DATE QF
RST PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-7914
"AN ORDINANCE ENACTED PUR-
SUANT TO SECTION 100.3605(2),
FLORIDA STATUTES, CHANGING THE
QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR NOMINA-
TION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GOV-
ERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF JACK-
SONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA, AND ES-
TABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
March 20 2006 7.00 P.M
COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDI-
S NANCES ARE ON FILE FOR PUBLIC
EXAMINATION IN THE OFFICE OF THE
S CITY CLERK OF JACKSONVILLE
BEACH INTERESTED PARTIES MAY
APPEAR AT THE MEETING AND BE
.. HEARD
II a person decides to appeal any decision
made ov the City Council wtln respect to
S any mater considered at any meeting or
nearing, such person may need a record
of the proceedings. anda. for such purpose.
such person may need 10 ensure a verba.
tim record ol lhe proceedings is made.
which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be
: based
ist Heidi Reagan
City ClerK
BL 3/8.06
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF NEPTUNE BEACH
Notice is nereby given tnal the Planning
Sand Development Review Board lor Ine
City ol Neptune Beach will hold a monlnly
meeting on Tuesday March 21. 2006 at
7 00 0I m in the Council Chambers, 116
First Street, Neptune Beach. Florida. The
following is the on ihe agenda:
Board to discuss Traffic Calm Study
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of the proceedings is made. which record
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